What do you think if the 2019 Honda Insight?

[Kalispel]

Originally Posted by ern-diz

Not bad! Not something I'd buy for myself but I don't hate it.

I can see that. I really am sort of keen on my next car being a good-quality Japanese brand hybrid. Unfortunately, Toyota refuses to bring a decent, 'normal-looking' (not fugly to me at least) small hybrid vehicle like the Yaris or Auris to the U.S. market. I can't even begin to convey how much I hate their Prius lineup of hybrids. While I do prefer hatchbacks over sedans, the new/2019 version Honda Insight does currently look like the next-best-thing in the U.S. to a hybrid Yaris or Auris.

Luckily, I am not in a hurry to buy another car, so I can sit back & watch the new/refreshed market offerings over the next 2-4 years, and see what might change in that time. The 2019 version Insight (or Corolla hatch) will probably be getting it's mid-cycle refresh before I ever get around to taking the plunge on my next vehicle. Likewise, the next-gen global-platform Yaris should be on the market by then (2021 model year I am guessing, assuming it isn't discontinued in the U.S. market) Toyota might even get around to offering the hybrid versions of their vehicles that I am looking for by then. Until then, I just keep enjoying my current Yaris - which has been a perpetually-underrated gem to own/drive.