Honda Insight

Honda introduced the redesigned Insight in 2009, and it has been a success since. Being the least expensive hybrid in the US market, its amazing fuel efficiency and gorgeous design is a favorite among hybrid buyers. Test drive the 2011 Insight today and take advantage of our New Vehicle Specials here at Koons Honda! The 2011 Honda Insight in Manassas gains a new entry-level model and expands standard features elsewhere to mark its second season.The Insight shares a family resemblance with the sleek and sophisticated FCX Clarity fuel cell vehicle. The front of the car is strong and lean with eye-catching projector-beam headlights. The taller rear helps this 5-door hybrid slip easily through the air, and unique LED brake lights complete the look.

Interior and Exterior Design

The 2011 Honda Insight in Northern Virginia won’t see any changes design-wise. Its low nose, swept-back windshield, and long, gently arched roof reduce mileage-robbing wind resistance. They also let onlookers know that Insight is a gas-electric car. That message is important to many hybrid buyers, as evident from the success of the distinctively styled Prius.

It has fairly spacious front seating and rear accommodations a bit squeezed for knee and head room. The seating itself is notably supportive, though. And Insight’s hatchback design gives it fine cargo space: 15.9 cubic feet with the rear seatbacks up, 31.5 with them folded.

The Insight’s dashboard design enhances the sense you’re driving a car with an alternative-fuel powertrain. It’s futuristic without being gimmicky; the shape and placement of the controls shows original thinking and sound ergonomics. Interior materials are solid and feel slightly richer than Insight’s pricing might imply.

Performance

The 2011 Honda Insight uses a small, four-cylinder gas engine boosted by an adjacent electric motor to produce 98 horsepower. It runs primarily on gas and uses the electric motor as an assist to produce more net power than the engine alone can make. Honda calls the system Integrated Motor Assist (IMA). It self-charges Insight’s nickel metal hydride battery pack; no plug-in is necessary.

Under ideal conditions, IMA can save fuel by running the Insight on electric power alone at low speeds for short distances. It can also shut off the engine while the car is stopped, then automatically turn it on again when you touch the accelerator.

Trim Levels

The 2011 Honda Insight For Sale in VA repeats the 2010 model’s three trim levels: base LX, better-equipped EX, and top-line EX with a navigation system. Each comes with air conditioning, power windows, locks, and mirrors, a tilt-telescope steering wheel, a height adjustable driver’s seat, and 60/40 split/folding rear seatbacks. Head-protecting curtain side airbags also are standard, as are antilock brakes.

The EX models add an antiskid system. Insight asserts its hybrid-ness with Honda’s Ecological Drive Assist System — Eco Assist, for short. It rewards fuel-efficient driving with green dashboard lighting and transitions to blue if you use more gas than necessary. You earn digital plant leaves for good behavior, and can press an “Econ” dashboard button to dial back the air conditioning and recalibrate the throttle to save even more gas.

The 2011 Honda Insight is available at your Northern Virginia Honda dealer!

Come to our Northern Virginia Honda dealership and experience the 2011 Honda Insight. This car has it all: a modern interior, superb performance and amazing fuel efficiency. Contact our sales staff and they will get you behind the wheel of this revolutionary car!

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