Mugen Zero-Lift Honda Insight

what is the point?!

a sporty hybrid defeats the point dont it???

it looks great... i wish people would stop thinking that eco cars are incompatable with sportiness... havent you noticed the Tesla and Fisker Karma

@khd not really, a hybrid is supposed to a car more fuel efficient not nessecarily less sporty

when did it become the rule where hybrid = boring. I applaud mugen for the effort. Also, eventhough there is some weight issues with the aero kit, in theory, it should increase efficiency because it is pushing air around the car and not under a more turbulent underbelly. my two cents.

"Window Tunnel Test"?

I was going to watch the video, but then decided four minutes was too much time to dedicate to this car. The problem is not that hybrids are synonymous with boring economics; the problem is this car has the profile of a Prius, and the Prius is the antithesis of sportiness. And the truth is, hybrids are insoluble with sportiness because -- and this is a fact -- to get the best out of a hybrid, it needs to be driven gently; otherwise, you get no benefit other than the minute additional power served up by the electric motor (with significantly more weight than said additional power is worth). If sportiness is what you want, you'd be better off turbocharging -- every time.

too every1 above and below that are elementary school kids. this is a fine innovation of the next step to a more efficient car. The system of the car is not just the engine. This shares the same engine as the insight, meaning no decrease in power efficiency, and an increase aerodynamically efficiency

People keep forgetting! This car is a major leap forward for mankind! It's driven by HYDROGEN which feeds the electric motor and PUMPS OUT STEAM!!! It's annoying when people comment on how it's all about fuel efficiency and not sportiness. Prius is stone age!

Definitely a step up from the previous generation Insight. It looks like it possesses some horrible understeering, by the way.

644km is not that impressive considering a corolla with a 1.4 engine does over 600km in combined traffic. My folks use it to go work

Hybrid can be more fun than boring, right? Using the aero-dynamic kit don't necessary means that it is sacrificing the enviornment friendly concept. I think that the point here is that "Hybrid can be more fun".

I like it! Perhaps now the regular model will appear more attractive after seeing this one (not because this is ugly, but seeing the top spec model usually makes the base look a little nicer... or is that just me?).