Honda Insight looks good but has the MPG of an old Civic
At a cost of about $20,000 the Honda Insight looks pretty good. They say it gets 40 MPG City and 43 MPG Highway too. I had a 1988 Civic that I bought new and it got about the same.
That’s the strangest part about all these complex Hybrids, they are not that much more efficient than the cars from 20 years ago. I’m sure their emissions must be lower… right? But why in 20 years time don’t we have 80 MPG cars? We’ve had incredible advances in computers, bio-tech, telecommunications, and other technology areas; why have combustion engines lagged so far behind? Continue Reading »
