If you want to get maximum mileage per gallon and you also want to be environmentally friendly in the process, then it may all be a little easier than you think; the choice is pretty straightforward.
That’s because the Honda Insight hybrid car tops the best miles per gallon list of UK cars today with over 83 mpg on the combined cycle.
That’s impressive enough in its own right, but the fact that it’s doing far less harm to the environment than its petrol or diesel powered equivalents is the icing on the cake.
Then when you also consider that Honda has been found to be the UK’s most reliable carmaker by a major independent survey conducted by What Car? in conjunction with Warranty Direct for an unprecedented six years in a row – then it really does seem like the proverbial no-brainer.
Of course, you may not like the Insight. But there are plenty more eco cars out there to choose from. And there really are fewer and fewer reasons left not to make a green choice – particularly if you’re buying a brand new car. Hybrids have been around for quite some time now; this is no longer relatively untried technology.
For example, the Honda Insight was first introduced way back in 1999. In its current form in the UK, though, it’s only been around since 2009. The latest version is a five passenger, five-door hybrid – the basis for which was later used by Honda for the CR-Z.
The concept version of the Honda Insight five-door hatchback hybrid had previously been unveiled at the 2008 Paris Motor Show.
But the point is, this is no longer untried technology. And the mpg top of the table figures will surely mean this becomes on of the best-selling cars of all?