Honda Hybrid Reviews Are In. The Verdit Is … Confusing

This is why we can’t trust any so-called experts. Every bit of opinion and review is completely subjective. No wonder we are such confused consumers.

Case in point: The 2010 Honda Insight Hybrid was test driven recently by Car & Driver as well as by Jeremy Clarkson of BBC Top Gear writing for Times On Line. I present you with an excerpt of both reviews:

Car & Driver:

” …with tight suspension motions, a firm ride, well-connected steering, and a no-fat musculature. Interior sound levels are mild and well controlled, especially at freeway speeds. Cockpit space is generous for two in front, a bit tight on the knees in back if front occupants are unwilling to compromise on legroom. The rear bench is high, firm, and exceptionally well shaped for lumbar support.”

Times OnLine

“It’s terrible. Biblically terrible. Possibly the worst new car money can buy. It’s the first car I’ve ever considered crashing into a tree, on purpose, so I didn’t have to drive it any more.”

“So you’re sitting there with the engine screaming its head off, and your ears bleeding, and you’re doing only 23mph because that’s about the top speed, and you’re thinking things can’t get any worse …”

” … feels as if it’s been made from steel so thin, you could read through it. And the seats, finished in pleblon, are designed specifically, it seems, to ruin your skeleton. This is hairy-shirted eco-ism at its very worst.”

See what I mean?