Honda Insight vs Hyundai Sonata
The Insight costs less to run, by the official figures: about $160 a year less in New Zealand, $130 in Australia, £90 in the UK and $120 in the US.
Side by side
Specs are for each car's newest version. The better figure is in green.
A typical year's fuel
- New Zealand
- $1,462 (better)
- $1,617
- Australia
- $1,209 (better)
- $1,338
- United Kingdom
- £888 (better)
- £982
- United States
- $1,129 (better)
- $1,249
Official figures
- Uses
- 4.5 L/100km (better)
- 5.0 L/100km
- UK
- 62 mpg (better)
- 56 mpg
- US
- 52 mpg (better)
- 47 mpg
- On a full tank
- 841 km
- 1,200 km (better)
Space
- Seats
- 5
- 5
- Boot
- 427 L
- 510 L (better)
- Towing, braked
- –
- 1,400 kg
- Length
- 4,675 mm
- 4,900 mm
- Weight
- 1,350 kg
- 1,636 kg
Engine
- Engine
- 1.5 L 4-cylinder petrol hybrid
- 2.5 L turbocharged 4-cylinder petrol
- Power
- 113 kW
- 213 kW (better)
- Torque
- 267 Nm
- 422 Nm (better)
- Gearbox
- E-CVT
- 8-speed dual-clutch automatic
- Drive
- FWD
- FWD
Safety
- ANCAP
- –
- ★★★★★
- Airbags
- –
- 7
A typical year: New Zealand 11,000 km (Ministry of Transport's average for a light vehicle); Australia 11,100 km (ABS Survey of Motor Vehicle Use average); United Kingdom 11,265 km (DfT National Travel Survey average of about 7,000 miles); United States 21,726 km (FHWA average of about 13,500 miles). Real costs depend on how and where you drive. Work out a particular trip.
Insight or Sonata?
Which is cheaper to run, the Honda Insight or the Hyundai Sonata?
The Honda Insight: about $160 a year less in New Zealand, $130 in Australia, £90 in the UK and $120 in the US than the Hyundai Sonata at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Honda Insight or the Hyundai Sonata?
The Honda Insight, at 4.5 L/100km (62 mpg UK, 52 mpg US) to the Hyundai Sonata's 5.0 L/100km (56 mpg UK, 47 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
Which has the bigger boot, the Honda Insight or the Hyundai Sonata?
The Hyundai Sonata, at 510 L to the Honda Insight's 427 L, for their newest versions.
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