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RE: Prius first?
By retrospooty on 9/7/2009 12:10:53 PM , Rating: 2
"Insight arrived in america in 1996."

The article said "Toyota was the first to create a mass-production hybrid" Which is true. The insight was never a mass production car until the re-release in 2010. The early insight's were all just limited production runs.

RE: Prius first?
By ersts on 9/7/2009 4:25:02 PM , Rating: 1
I think the reason for this confusion is that the Insight never sold well, while the Prius did. It wasn't until the 2nd gen that sales took off, while the Insight looks turned a lot away.

Today? I've seen 3 of the 3rd gen Prius already. Sad, really, when people pay around 4-5k more than its worth.

RE: Prius first?
By mmcdonalataocdotgov on 9/8/2009 7:42:47 AM , Rating: 2
Kind of like what they did with the SUV's all those years - paid thousands more than they were worth, AND they were so unsafe. They were just reskinned trucks, so the profit margins were insane for the big 3. That is why they got addicted to selling them. Sad, really all around.

RE: Prius first?
By Spuke on 9/8/2009 12:17:30 PM , Rating: 2
while the Insight looks turned a lot away.
The original Insights TWO seats turned people off not its looks.

