Honda Insight = Toyota Prius
I try not to nerd rage TOO often but this is unbelievable. Honda took an otherwise interesting hybrid and just turned it into a Prius clone.
New Honda Insight:
The 2008 Toyota Prius:
Really? Come on Honda.
For reference, here was the old Honda Insight:
Maybe the "Prius Look" is important enough where Honda felt this was the only way to compete? I can't figure it out.
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Couple that with the mechanical requirements of having to have dual-mode transmission, batteries and a KERS (Kinetic Energy Retrieval System) like on hybrids and that's the reason why stuff ends up looking similar.
It's not just low end cars - stuff like the Aston Martin DB9 and the Maseratti Quatraporte look pretty similar for much the same reason.