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Video's describing the Why's and How’s of Honda’s new hybrid design. (cleanmpg.com/forums/showthread.php?p=182753)

http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/2010_Honda_Insight-II_-_Video_Launch.jpgWayne Gerdes – CleanMPG (cleanmpg.com) – Jan. 25, 2009

2010 Honda Insight-II – 40/43/41 mpgUS city/highway/combined on the 08 EPA.

For those interested in the 2010 Honda Insight-II, the following videos give some insight (no pun intended ;)) into the all-new Hybrid’s design criteria.

Yasunari Seki is the Large Project Leader (overall Chief Engineer) and Yuki Fujiki is a Chief Engineer on the IMA Hybrid project.

The 2010 Honda Insight-II Preview Vids reveal it was originally going to be a 2009, not the 2010 like today. The MY change came less than 3-weeks ago.

Without further adieu, the 2010 Honda Insight...

2010 Honda Insight-II - Overview

http://www.youtube.com/v/CPkf0D2CHJg&hl=en&fs=1http://www.youtube.com/v/pM_rvJmW42k&hl=en&fs=http://www.youtube.com/v/sPd4HP_gFbA&hl=en&fs=1
Background -----------------------------------------Environmental Performance---------------------------------------Powertrain

http://www.youtube.com/v/DVagNUKeGLE&hl=en&fs=1http://www.youtube.com/v/ttw32BgnzEw&hl=en&fs=1
Styling------------------------------------------------------Interior

I would agree...simplicity is always good. Man, I would love to be on their engineering team.

Wayne,

Does the econ mode stay on after the car is turned off, then back on or do you have to press it every time?