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"Honda is going after the hybrid market in a big way with its new Insight, officially unveiled today in Detroit. The name is shared with an earlier Honda, the first gasoline-electric hybrid introduced to the U.S. back in 1999. Unlike that strictly 2-seater, this one is a 5-door hatchback. The new Insight aligns deftly between Honda&amp;#039;s Fit and Civic (the latter also available in hybrid form). From the front, the new Insight is a little brother to Honda&amp;#039;s FCX Clarity, its fuel-cell car now in limited leasing on east and west coasts. At the rear, the car displays Honda&amp;#039;s signature dual-glass hatch. In profile, it shares sleek lines with the Toyota Prius, a competitor in hybrid character though somewhat larger (and likely more expensive).   Similar to the Civic Hybrid&amp;#039;s, the Insight&amp;#039;s Integrated Motor Assist teams a 1.3-liter 88-bhp 4-cylinder gasoline engine with a 13-hp electric motor. These operate interactively with a continuously variable transmission to power the car&amp;#039;s front-wheel drive. Like the latest Civic Hybrid, the Insight&amp;#039;s IMA makes it a full hybrid, its gasoline engine shutting down for a pure electric mode.   The Insight&amp;#039;s official on-sale date isn&amp;#039;t until Earth Day, April 22. What with international monetary jumbles, now is too early to fix pricing, but figure on $18,000 to $22,000 based on a goal of making the Insight the least expensive hybrid in the U.S. Honda plans to sell 200,000 annually around the world; North America gets half of these. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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