Honda Insight vs Toyota Camry
The Camry costs less to run, by the official figures: about $150 a year less in New Zealand, $120 in Australia, £90 in the UK and $110 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
- $1,316 (better)
- Australia
- $1,209
- $1,089 (better)
- United Kingdom
- £888
- £800 (better)
- United States
- $1,129
- $1,017 (better)
Official figures
- Uses
- 4.5 L/100km
- 4.1 L/100km (better)
- UK
- 62 mpg
- 69 mpg (better)
- US
- 52 mpg
- 58 mpg (better)
- On a full tank
- 841 km
- 1,229 km (better)
Space
- Seats
- 5
- 5
- Boot
- 427 L
- 524 L (better)
- Towing, braked
- –
- 400 kg
- Length
- 4,675 mm
- 4,885 mm
- Weight
- 1,350 kg
- 1,565 kg
Engine
- Engine
- 1.5 L 4-cylinder petrol hybrid
- 2.5 L 4-cylinder petrol hybrid
- Power
- 113 kW
- 170 kW (better)
- Torque
- 267 Nm (better)
- 221 Nm
- Gearbox
- E-CVT
- Electronic continuously variable transmission (CVT)
- Drive
- FWD
- FWD
Safety
- ANCAP
- –
- ★★★★★
- Airbags
- –
- 8
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 Camry?
Which is cheaper to run, the Honda Insight or the Toyota Camry?
The Toyota Camry: about $150 a year less in New Zealand, $120 in Australia, £90 in the UK and $110 in the US than the Honda Insight at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Honda Insight or the Toyota Camry?
The Toyota Camry, at 4.1 L/100km (69 mpg UK, 58 mpg US) to the Honda Insight's 4.5 L/100km (62 mpg UK, 52 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
Which has the bigger boot, the Honda Insight or the Toyota Camry?
The Toyota Camry, at 524 L to the Honda Insight's 427 L, for their newest versions.
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