2019 Honda Insight consumer reviews

A great design, very easy to use the new technology and great mileage. I am very happy with all aspects of this Honda Insight in all ways.

This car exceeded my expectations. Not surprising since I went from a 2007 Honda Accord. The Insight EX is packed with bells and whistles. Great audio/sound system, CarPlay, and cameras for the rear and right turn blindspot. The car can move too. Put it in Sport mode and let them eat your dust. Seriously it has some pickup that’ll put a grin on your face. The mpg on the sticker is accurate too. I have been driving it like a non-hybrid several times and my manual calculation when I fill up the gas tank has averaged 51 miles per gallon. Great vehicle!

Just to put this out there first, I really like this car as an overall package. I'd echo the consensus from other reviews on this site. Even with the base LX trim we purchased, I really like the austere and functional interior. It's quite comfortable for me at 6'2" 230lb, and provides plenty of space even with two car seats in the back (one rear facing, one forward facing). The trunk is absurdly large, and I love the exterior style of the car. Yes, the engine noise is annoying when it's working hard - which happens even on brief mild uphill highway segments. But, importantly, even though it's not a fast or powerful car by any stretch of the imagination, the power available never feels inadequate. It's not gonna knock your socks off or anything, but it's plenty to do what you need to do without flooring it everywhere. That was a notable difference between the Insight and other compact hybrids I test drove. All that aside, I'll devote most of my review to discussing fuel economy since I suspect many hybrid buyers value that above all else. We recently moved and are now commuting ~100 highway miles every day. I ran the numbers and figured a hybrid would be more environmentally friendly and save us some money and in the long term, so we traded in our prior 32MPG commuter for a 2019 Insight LX. After a few weeks of commuting, we've experienced fuel economy FAR below what I expected based on the advertised EPA estimates. It's currently around 20-30 degrees Fahrenheit in the mornings (April is still early springtime around here), and I'm only getting about 37 MPG at that temperature. In the evenings, when the temperature has risen to to ~50 degrees, the fuel economy typically maxes out around 43 MPG. Even though we're still dropping below freezing most nights, I'm running on the stock tires until next fall. I assume winter tires will further worsen the fuel economy, and I'm afraid to see the MPG in January and February when daily highs temps are in the teens and 20's. To expand on what I'm seeing in real world driving: - I'm driving at typical highways speeds. As soon as I get on the highway, I set the adaptive cruise control to 70MPH and just follow the car in front of me for 40 miles. - Even though it's 25 degrees outside, I don't have the climate control blasting heat. The car stays in our garage overnight, so the latent heat is plenty to keep me warm and prevent the climate control from having to work very hard. - My commute isn't exceptionally hilly; in fact, it's pretty flat. I'm also driving a round trip on the same road every day, so uphill going one direction is compensated for by downhill on the way back. - Traffic flows pretty smoothly along my highway commute, so there's very little braking and accelerating once I get up to highway speed. - I have about 5-10 miles of "city" driving on each end of the commute. I'd hoped that would help the overall fuel economy, but if it is, it's not significant. Overall, my biggest recommendation is to be aware that your real world fuel economy may be significantly worse than advertised if you're driving in even remotely cold temperatures. I really like this car as an overall package, but I'm quite disappointed by how much temperature affects the fuel economy. From what I've read, that may just be a hybrid thing, so I'm not specifically blaming Honda by any means. It's just something I never would've thought to research beforehand since temperature didn't make much of a difference with my non-electrified vehicles in the past. I traded in a "better" car to save money on gas, and now I probably won't be saving anything in the long run since my typical real world fuel economy is at least 25% worse than the EPA estimates.

It’s a great car for the price! Unbeatable MPG of 50! This has great interior and features which were unexpected until I checked out the car.

Great Hybrid car, in cooler temps I got in the 40’s for mileage, in fair or warm weather as high as 60 mpg and about 51 on a freeway trip. The only problem with this car is that there is no spare tire, even though there is a place for it in the trunk......a recess meant for a spare... there is a small 12volt air compressor and some fix-a-flat aerosol..... not good!!!!

I still cannot believe the Insight is a hybrid. So cute and sassy looking. Fun to drive and the gas mileage is just astounding. This car is very comfortable and I enjoy the safety features.

This car gets incredible mileage and I love the high-tech features. This car is comfortable - and I just love driving it. This is the best car I ever owned and I can't believe the low price. This is a hybrid that I feel good about driving.

The gas mileage (30 combined) isn’t reaching anywhere near what the estimates (50 combined) told me to expect. i was hoping to get at least what I was getting in my 2011 Prius. The engine noise is significant when pushing the engine or climbing a hill. This was expected as I had read about in most of the reviews prior to my purchase. I love the car other than these two issues. That being said one of the major reasons I chose this vehicle was for the gas mileage.

Over 10,000 miles in and I'm still in love! 59+mpg and super quiet opertaion. I drive gently, and I don't have the engine whine observed by others as I anticipate and adjust speed accordingly. Not a single problem so far. I changed the oil myself at 10,284 miles. The tech in the new Insight is amazing. Bonus - I added a Rick and Morty wallpaper to the clock! My Insight was an upgrade from a 1999 Civic, and I couldn't be happier.

Nice looking car, the interior feels high quality and very well thought out (Touring trim). The infotainment system is smooth. The seats are very comfortable (and my passengers say so too), although I had to turn the headrest around to really be comfortable in the driver’s seat. The trunk has more space than expected, and a removable tray that you can clean. Road noise is not bad at all. I’ve read people complain about the engine noise at highway speeds, but it honestly doesn’t bother me (although it is definitely a thing—even speeding up to 30 from a stop might generate some noise). Sport mode makes the car even more peppy. I really do have fun driving it. MPG is very variable. I have a short commute, and I feel like if my drives were just a little bit longer I would get better MPG. Sometimes as low as 20 or as much as 47 for the same commute, with heater blasting in the morning. But on other drives, I’ve gotten higher than 60. I recently started using the little regenerative braking paddles, and it’s quickly become second nature to use. I’ve only filled the car up three times since buying it (that was four months ago). I could have gone longer (quarter tank each time), but maybe I was getting impatient, haha. As far as reliability goes, no problems so far. My only complaint is that the front end is low, so be extra considerate around curbs and speed bumps.