Gallery: 10 Cars Way Too Far Ahead of Their Time | Autopia | Wired.com: "1999 Honda Insight
Leave it Honda to create a hybrid vehicle when we were paying a buck and change for a gallon of gas. The Honda Insight was the first gas-electric hybrid sold in North America. It was a revolutionary vehicle, which is one reason it didn’t really catch on. Beyond the innovative drivetrain, the car featured an ultra-aerodynamic drag-coefficient of 0.25 and futuristic design. It also got as much as 70 mpg, setting a benchmark current hybrids — including the current Honda Insight — are still trying to attain. Of course, Toyota came along with the Prius shortly after Honda introduced the Insight, and the rest, as they say, is history."
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