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Insight de-hybridized for performance, still returns 48 miles per gallon {Autoblog Green}
Jul 5th 2008 8:04AM Sorry bro, Motorweek recorded 38 mpg highway with the 2006 Honda Civic and aired it on Speed Channel. If you use hyper-miling techniques you could easily top 45 or 48 mpg without even touching the engine. In case you did not know, hyper-miling is the practice of driving techniques that maximize fuel efficiency. I've read that hyper-miling has been a thing in Europe for quite some time now. As far as the Fit getting better gas milage (I'd be willing to put money on it!) from a 1.8, maybe if it was just any 1.8, but the R18 engine that I am speaking of is as efficient as some of Honda's 1.6 D-series engines. Engines that were producing just about the same fuel efficiency numbers as today's civic, in chassis' that were FAR lighter. Oh, and the Fit is far from a brick dude. Try bullet.
Insight de-hybridized for performance, still returns 48 miles per gallon {Autoblog Green}
May 16th 2008 5:32AM This beautiful Insight is a true automotive master piece. It backs up some critical thinking of mine about the gas mileage battle farce that is going on right now. If I am correct the newest Civic with the R18 engine tops 40 mpg on the highway. The R18 being a 1.8 liter. The Fit (with a lighter curb weight than the Civic) is advertised by Honda to achieve 34 mpg, with a 1.5 liter... wait a minute... .. WHAT? !!!!!!! This is the first thing that raised my brow. This makes absolutely no sense for Honda when it comes to being the leader, i'm sorry, the undisputed champion of the world, of this gas mileage battle between all car companies. I understand that the Fit is a comparatively old design to the new Civic, and that Honda must think that just getting rid of the huge stocks of Fits there still are was the safe idea. However if they spent the development money to use the R18 engine in the Fit or the next Fit for that matter they could almost singlehandedly chase economy minded production hybrid cars off the road in a matter of a short few years. Or at least when the batteries on hybrid cars expire, whichever comes first. this is on the economy end of it. All of this and an increase in peak horsepower by 35bhp! Better yet put in the new K series two point FOUR liter currently achieving 34mpg in the New 08 Accord. All 3400 or so lbs. of it carried briskly along by a 200 hp engine! Yes 34mpg! If you could have class leading gas mileage WITH blistering performance in the same car minus all the stupid batteries, who wound then go and buy a Versa? or a Corrolla? NOBODY!, that's who... The K sight is the ultimate example of this melding of performance and gas mileage that I had contemplated . Albeit with engines that are considered far more efficient Than the K20A. The K sight is so far the ultimate automotive achievement in recorded history, hands down. Where everybody else (including Honda) is forced to compromise performance for efficiency to appease the masses, the K sight compromises nothing! It doesn't have to. So this observation is dedicated to all of you out there that would nay say the K sight ... you guys are dumb and can't see that the car companies of the world are duping you into thinking you are getting good gas mileage by obviously have arrangements with the oil companies of the world. If Honda wanted to make greater history than that of VTEC... well almost, then they would cut the crap and show the world just HOW superior they are in their engine designs. Like, air fuel ratios of 19 to 1 in production engines that run on pump gas making over 100 hp per liter... YAH... like that superior. Enough said except... the K sight RULES!!!!!!
