Honda Insight vs Lexus IS200
The Insight costs less to run, by the official figures: about $1,740 a year less in New Zealand, $1,440 in Australia, £1,060 in the UK and $1,340 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)
- $3,202
- Australia
- $1,209 (better)
- $2,651
- United Kingdom
- £888 (better)
- £1,945
- United States
- $1,129 (better)
- $2,474
Official figures
- Uses
- 4.5 L/100km (better)
- 9.9 L/100km
- UK
- 62 mpg (better)
- 29 mpg
- US
- 52 mpg (better)
- 24 mpg
- On a full tank
- 841 km (better)
- 657 km
Space
- Seats
- 5
- 5
- Boot
- 427 L
- –
- Length
- 4,675 mm
- 4,400 mm
- Weight
- 1,350 kg
- 1,350 kg
Engine
- Engine
- 1.5 L 4-cylinder petrol hybrid
- 2.0 L 6-cylinder petrol
- Power
- 113 kW
- 114 kW (better)
- Torque
- 267 Nm (better)
- 190 Nm
- Gearbox
- E-CVT
- 5-speed manual
- Drive
- FWD
- RWD
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 IS200?
Which is cheaper to run, the Honda Insight or the Lexus IS200?
The Honda Insight: about $1,740 a year less in New Zealand, $1,440 in Australia, £1,060 in the UK and $1,340 in the US than the Lexus IS200 at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Honda Insight or the Lexus IS200?
The Honda Insight, at 4.5 L/100km (62 mpg UK, 52 mpg US) to the Lexus IS200's 9.9 L/100km (29 mpg UK, 24 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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