Honda's Insight ranked as most fuel efficient car

Honda's Insight ranked as most fuel efficient car

WASHINGTON, United States - Honda Motor Co.'s Insight hybrid sedan is ranked as the most fuel efficient car among model year 2000 vehicles BY the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Oct. 1. The Insight, a two-seat car powered by a gasoline-electric hybrid engine scheduled to go on sale in December, logged 25.9 kilometers per liter of gasoline for driving in cities and a highway rating of 29.8 km per liter.

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