Honda Insight hybrid adds blindspot, cross-traffic alert for 2021

(March 23, 2020) TORRANCE, Calif.  — The 2021 Honda Insight begins arriving at dealerships Tuesday featuring newly available blind spot information with Cross Traffic Monitor along with a new exterior color — Radiant Red Metallic. With best-in-class passenger space, upscale interior appointments and a refined driving experience, the 2021 Insight is a premium compact sedan with EPA city fuel economy rating up to 55 mpg.

The 2021 Insight carries a starting price of $23,885 including $995 destination charge.

Honda says the Insight, with standard Honda Sensing technology, is the only compact hybrid sedan to earn a Top Safety Pick+ rating from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety for 2020. Also, the Insight recently received a top-five green score from the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE), beating out multiple plug-in and battery electric vehicles.

The Insight is EPA-rated at 55 mpg city, 49 highway and 52 combined.



Available in LX, EX, and Touring trims, all Insights come standard with multi-element LED headlights, push-button start, and the Honda Sensing suite of advanced safety and driver-assistive technologies.

New this year, Insight EX adds blind spot information and Rear Cross Traffic Monitor, while the 8-inch Display Audio with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto integration remains standard. Insight Touring adds leather seating surfaces, an 8-way power driver’s seat, Honda Satellite-Linked Navigation System, dual-zone automatic climate control, and more.

The 2021 Honda Insight for the North American market is made exclusively at Honda’s Greensburg, Ind., auto plant alongside Civic and CR-V, using domestic and globally-sourced parts. Its hybrid powertrain, including the 1.5-liter Atkinson-cycle, two-motor system and intelligent power unit (IPU) containing the hybrid battery pack, is produced in Ohio.