Honda Insight hybrid - 30km/l...would u go for it?

[GoodCar]

China car maker BYD may be the answer to low cost hybrid. But first people have to open up the mind and look beyond brand name.

 

But sad to say, our small market alway end up that we have to pay top dollars for non-premium product what ever the brand.

 

 

[Kalmath]

Civic Hybrid will be a better choice. Proven reliability with local support.

 

[Naresh]

saw one PI offering test drive in today newspaper...would u go for it considering that hybrid technology has been quite stable....

 

I think the technology that in the market today is stepping stone to the next generation of cars, like the Chevy Volt, that falls in the category of Extended-Range Electric Vehicle. "It will use battery with a gasoline-powered, range-extending engine that drives a generator to provide electric power when you drive beyond the battery range." Basically, a small engine just charges the battery instead of driving the car.

 

The reviews of Honda Insight Hybrid are not that great, and I would go for it only if my travelling distances were long... but I am not excited about the current hybrid technology.

[Whattafarck]

i am very much interested in these "green cars"

but at current prices...its really prohibitive!

i really hope few years down the road... the prices for these green cars will be almost closer to the other "normal" cars.

for current picks...its the honda hybrid that fancies me.

question...why is the govt. comes across to be hesitant about these dual-powered green vehicles??

[Satay101]

The GOV gives a tax rebate of about 40% on OMV, and a look at Toyota Prius pricing (actually was quite surprising) is at about S$75k. That is pretty attractive for hybrid pricing.

 

Honda Civic Hybrid is still on the high side considering that its OMV is lesser than Prius.

[MadDog70]

How to claim this tax rebate?

[7007]

How to claim this tax rebate?

 

Green car tax rebate is given during the registration process. Do u think the AD/PI will pass the saving the buyer?

Edited May 26, 2009 by 7007

[Wishcumstrue]

Green car tax rebate is given during the registration process. Do u think the AD/PI will pass the saving the buyer?

 

Yes.

 

Tell me which AD/PI that doesn't ?

[GoodCar]

Hydbrid car still have big obstacle ahead.

 

With 1.6 litre car selling at around 40K to 60K, the hybrid car is still expensive even with the 40% rebate.

e.g prius hybrid at 75K, it was 15k different only, compare to a 60k 1.6L car.

 

15k can buy a lot of petrol, assume petrol is at $2/litre, 15k can buy 7500litre of petrol.

say your car FOC is 12km/L, you can run 90000km. This is approx three years running for average user.

 

If really for environmental protection, people from very high up must have the will to bring the price of hybrid car down for it to succeed.

There will be a lot of resistance from different interest group; People selling "oil" must ensure they have "oil" to sell, people selling car must make sure they still can sell car at a profit to survive etc

 

At the end of the day, protect the environment will still remain only as an idea unless we make it practical on the ground.

But at least we can see the changes coming slowly, not going to be easy.

 

 

 

[Picanto]

Hydbrid car still have big obstacle ahead.

 

With 1.6 litre car selling at around 40K to 60K, the hybrid car is still expensive even with the 40% rebate.

e.g prius hybrid at 75K, it was 15k different only, compare to a 60k 1.6L car.

 

15k can buy a lot of petrol, assume petrol is at $2/litre, 15k can buy 7500litre of petrol.

say your car FOC is 12km/L, you can run 90000km. This is approx three years running for average user.

 

If really for environmental protection, people from very high up must have the will to bring the price of hybrid car down for it to succeed.

There will be a lot of resistance from different interest group; People selling "oil" must ensure they have "oil" to sell, people selling car must make sure they still can sell car at a profit to survive etc

 

At the end of the day, protect the environment will still remain only as an idea unless we make it practical on the ground.

But at least we can see the changes coming slowly, not going to be easy.

 

 

whether hybrid takes off or not depends on LTA. from what i can se, they are not into the hybrid stuff. if most of our cars are hybrids, we pump less petrol. then the $$ they collect from the tax also drop.

[Tbteng]

I am quite keen but worry if PI is able to support the maintenance

[Princess_r]

Civic Hybrid will be a better choice. Proven reliability with local support.

 

My hubby got test drive civic hybrid, he feel Insight more powerful, I only try insight aft my hubby bought the car, so dunno the power really better or not. but my friend's bf drive civic hybrid, she say not really save petrol.similar like my prvious Jazz..

 

anyway, so far i feel the company i bought from is quite reliable. sometimes even i only drop by, the sales girl got arrange staff check my car and wash my car. service quite good ya..

 

I'll go to 1st servicing soon. at that time will know the local support is gd or not...

[JeRrRKKKK]

Hydbrid car still have big obstacle ahead.

 

With 1.6 litre car selling at around 40K to 60K, the hybrid car is still expensive even with the 40% rebate.

e.g prius hybrid at 75K, it was 15k different only, compare to a 60k 1.6L car.

 

15k can buy a lot of petrol, assume petrol is at $2/litre, 15k can buy 7500litre of petrol.

say your car FOC is 12km/L, you can run 90000km. This is approx three years running for average user.

 

If really for environmental protection, people from very high up must have the will to bring the price of hybrid car down for it to succeed.

There will be a lot of resistance from different interest group; People selling "oil" must ensure they have "oil" to sell, people selling car must make sure they still can sell car at a profit to survive etc

 

At the end of the day, protect the environment will still remain only as an idea unless we make it practical on the ground.

But at least we can see the changes coming slowly, not going to be easy.

 

agree on this

originally i wanted to buy the cvic hybrid because its 20km/L avg but i read online from an american forum that replacing the batteries would cost USD 5k and their batteries started to give problems only after 3 years

plus because they have lithium batteries, the batteries should be kept at room temperature, in sg where the temps are always hot the batteries will spoil faster...

 

overall not worth it to pay 15k extra to save 1k worth of fuel and eventually your hybrid system will fail because of the batteries and you'll end up having a normal 1.3L civic that does nothing for the environment

 

edit:

just checked the civic hybrid price, currently cheaper than normal civic, can consider...

that time when i checked it out its 88k, now its 82k so quite a good buy, esp i read that the electric engine gives very good torque at low rpm!

Edited December 1, 2009 by JeRrRKKKK