Friday, November 21, 2008

Honda Insight Hybrid Interior is STUNNING

Since the 3rd Gen Honda Odyssey, Honda has been on an odyssey of its own in planting their feet deep into creating some of the best interiors in the industry, step into any Honda nowadays, and its apparent that they're gradually distancing themselves from Toyota. Using very high grade materials is one thing aside, but actually designing modern, functional and attractive interiors is almost their forte now. Here we have the interior of the upcoming Honda Insight Hybrid, staying close to the Civic and Fit/Jazz's interior, is yet another futuristic interior. That being said, there're a few tricks up its sleeves, most notably is something like a guidance system that helps drivers to drive more economically. Pressing the green ECON button on far left activates it into ECO mode, and the drivetrain, shifting all changes accordingly, and then there's something like an ECO-Score, where it shows a tiny young sprout slowly lighting itself into view, the more economical you drive, the more sprouts you'd 'plant' n your dashboard. Of course it would be great if you could download it onto your PC like Fiat's ECO Drive system.