As hybrids go, I always liked the original Honda Insight a lot better than Toyota's Prius. It's way less awkward-looking, its little truncated rear references the CRX, and its fender-skirted roundiness almost makes it look like it should have its own mouse pad. Plus, after the Insight was killed off a couple of years ago, owning one took on a kind of renegade flavor—something about it says true geek car, whereas the Prius just aims to placate sanctimonious suburban know-nothings.
Well, now Honda's bringing back the Insight, and it looks exactly like... the Prius. The all-new Insight will share nothing with Honda's original, and while Honda was the first major manufacturer to put a production hybrid on the road, it seems that for the new car they'll be taking all their styling cues from the ultra-successful and ultimately ho-hum Prius. The new Insight will be bulkier than the original, but smaller than the Civic, and Honda hopes to keep the price below $20,000 to make it competitive with both current hybrid offerings and small gas-motored cars. But it kind of sucks that, in the race to the middle, they've taken away everything that made the Insight cooler than the Prius in the first place. Watch for it to be unveiled next month at the Paris Auto Show.
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