Insight use wat type battery?  Think Prius C still use NiMH....

Fuel Economy..  The Insight are no way near to the Original Prius with 1.8 Engine...

Why do you ask question about hybrid car pulling power? Dont even think about hybrid if you want pulling power. Eco mean saving fuel, its mean less power, its mean less CO2. If you want pulling power you might as well buy a 2.4ltr car.

I've been driving hybrid since 2006 way before Malaysia start selling them. And yes I have driven all the above models and IMO the H. Insight is the shitest of all. I like the CT200h but I dont see the point of it thats why I bought the Gen 3 Prius.

I do hope that this Prius C is as good as it bigger sibling.

You're a real stupid idiot and one of the many deluded Honda Insight drivers who's too poor to own a Toyota Prius...there are many sour grapes like u around who would argue to the highest heavens that Honda Insight is a superior car despite:
1) having a less powerful engine
2) unrealiable engine just like most Honda cars
3) Insight being a lame entry level car
4) Prius being a above C segment car
5) Insight having one of the most lousy interiors
6) Insight having one of the worst fuel consumption for a hybrid (FYI, Civic Hybrid has better fuel consumption than Insight)
7) Prius being acknowledged worldwide that it is the most fuel efficient car
8) Prius and Lexus CTH being powered by Toyota's Hybrid Synergy technology which is far superior than Honda's outdated/diet Hybrid technology
9) Insight having a most unreliable battery which konks out always...and before u scream at me crying "liar liar, pants on fire" here is the link to it:
http://blog.e-kereta.com/2011/07/honda-civ...-in-ima-system/

Obviously, you have never sat in a Prius or a Lexus before or you would have known about a little something button called POWER MODE which will give Prius a 2.4 litre car performance...and ECO mode has low power??? dont be stupid, ECO mode's only function is to tweak your fuel throttle to being less sensitive and thereby preventing fuel wastage...you will still be able to fly, you just need to press the throttle down a little bit more...
if you still insist on this obvious lie, let's u and me take our respective cars to a highway and i'll put my Prius on ECO mode and you crank up your lame Honda Insight (if that is even possible) and let's see which car bites the dust ok?
dumbass Honda kid...

i've seen dumbers like u too many times, keep insisting anyone with a Toyota is only buying because they're a chinaman/loving the badge/displaying blind loyalty...
in truth, the difference between Insight and Prius is worth much more than 40k...
LOL, it's like comparing a Myvi and a Camry...of course there is huge price difference...the ride comfort and the rest doesnt matter eh?

enjoy the jam with the airconditioning off...

Didums...this is what Honda Insight drivers do, when the air cond offs in the middle of the jam, they remember this picture and think "although it is hot with no bloody air cond, at least my car is still better than a Prius which will burn in Kerinchi"...
all the heat will be instantly forgotten...

lol is this a prius c discussion thread or a thread for fanboys to whine about how great their ride is?

speaking of which, these hybrids are not even considered luxury ones to start whining about

There is not a lot of choices but not that ugly.

However, I do dislike one thing about Honda. Sometimes the ride is just too hard. We had one City FL and it is really hard. It was stolen and the next one we bought was the same but with a slight FL again which has softer seat but retain the suspension hardness. I went for Insight test drive the other day and was really surprised by the harsh ride. You can feel even the slightest imperfection of the road.

Lets see how the facelifted Insight will fare against Prius C. I think the drive is quite good. Its silent and did not really feel the lack of power. The acceleration up to 100KMH was okay, not as sluggish as I first feared. Hope they get rid of the PE foam box (CHEAPO ICE BOX foam) in the boot for tyre storage. Not suitable if want to carry something heavy.

Didums...this is what Honda Insight drivers do, when the air cond offs in the middle of the jam, they remember this picture and think "although it is hot with no bloody air cond, at least my car is still better than a Prius which will burn in Kerinchi"...
all the heat will be instantly forgotten...

There u go LYN have a lot of f1 driver require very sporty suspension that usually toyota cannot meet their requirement...  Usually this type of driver need lotus tune products...

hahahahaha....u really wanna talk about being able to afford cars?
the guy who could only buy an Insight...tsk tsk...

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Added on February 18, 2012, 7:47 pm
yup...no Honda Insight has ever crashed before...
only Prius will kill u when you have a heart attack in the middle of Federal Highway...
i would suggest you please drive damn fast on federal highway and then try to crash and see if Honda Insight's safety features will save you on such an impact...
then if you're still alive after that, I'll kowtow to u and say Insight is the best car ever!
waiting for the crash results...

yea, prius C is not the best hybrid. lets buy fiesta and keep rm20k to put petrol win-win.

competition of hybrid is good for the consumers. those buy proton lagi tekan balls. add a bit more can buy CBU Japan edi

i think insight fanboys will bang balls the most.

The Dashboard is so so so boring... bet myvi dash is nicer

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Added on February 21, 2012, 1:36 pm

Agree... but there is a downside to this technology... you see By doing this the car is 100% depending on the nimh battery pack and the car cannot move without it as when the time the priusC nimh cell die the compressor and water pump cannot run... your car engine will over heat...

Insight is called parallel hybrid and it rely on independent power source... meaning the Insight nimh battery only assist nothing more.. (hence called IMA)
when the nimh pack die/expired the car can drive like normal and uses normal starter to start the car... the car will run like normal 1.3l car... until you get the pack replace... this is much fool proof... and in hard time where no $$$ change nimh pack can rely on petrol at the mean time...

dont tell me prius NIMH can last lifetime... no battery can last a lifetime it is a matter of time... and still wondering why UMW-T still give only 3 years battery warranty???

acterly the accurate term for insight or IMA equipped hybrid is Mild Hybrid. which is the lowest tech hybrid. it cannot run on EV mode alone.

That's not what I understand. IMA = full time combustion engine + part time electric motor. As long as your car is moving, your combustion engine will be running, and that's why you see your engine RPM rising.

ppl explain something, to be polite we should just   

i think now the new game in this hybrid is....

whoever save less fuel = real hybrid.
prius= bigger car, use less fuel = fake hybrid/part hybrid

xxxxxxx = smaller car, use more fuel, no aircon at jam = real hybrid/full hybrid.

There are many many hybrid on the road worldwide already, it is not the like majority spoilt after 5 years, 8 years later.
Stop worry about this.

Getting a hybrid car is about getting and own the new tech and use to it.
It is same like want to use handphone, and worry about the radiation. Pointless worry.

The moment of one wish to own a hybrid, you don't worry the battery will die, car cannot start if battery died etc. already.
Battery died time? Tow away and get it fix.
Same with ordinary car, timing belt broken, tow away and get it fix.
No money to get a new set of NimH if battery died after 10 years? then one should buy cheaper ordinary car.
I find unacceptable that one can afford to buy a 100k hybrid car, and yet claim cannot afford potential around 10K cost battery replacement after 10 years later on.

I sum up, disregard it is part or parallel hybrid.

The moment one worry about battery spoil, battery cost, it means hybrid is not suitable for one. End of story.  
No $ to change NiMH after 5 years, 8 years or 10 years, means one is not afford to own the car. End of story.  

inferior technology means inferior technology la...what some more u want to TC?
Honda Insight's biggest selling point as a hybrid is the price alone...if a person has money and has slightly more brains than yourself, Prius is the clear choice...

congratulations, you are the most stupid person in this LYN forum i think...
you have reached the level of Jessie Ooi, the Selayang BN coordinator...
if this thread was a televised event, you would find yourself insinuated with messages calling you all kinds of unsavory names, deservedly so too...
not even Honda salesman dares to twist and try sell such bullshit to its customers...while you have shamelessly sneaked in the term full hybrid into Honda's IMA equation...wonder-f***ing-fool indeed...

then correct me see stupid (did not even read the braket) I ress my case

dedicate photo for some pro...

electrical modification ......dont play play. car might caughtfire

just went to showroom saw the prius C....the interior is really ugly with the advance meter

but the facelift prius really impress me, the front part is sooo nice :thumb: but the rim...aiyo...with alloy rim, why still but a ulgy rim cover!!!