Performance
0-62mph/top speed
7.9 seconds/108mph
Practicality
Boot (seats up/down)
380/1,322 litres
Running costs
48.7mpg (official)
31% Benefit-in-Kind tax
OVER the years, I’ve enjoyed getting to know a wide range of cars on extended ‘long-term’ test loans, from superminis to V10-powered muscle coupés, and everything in between. But one of my all-time favourite loaners is something of an oddity – namely the futuristic-looking Honda Insight coupé, which introduced the first generation of the brand’s hybrid tech, in the form of Integrated Motor Assist.
Compared with the latest iterations of hybrid
