My thoughts exactly, now all they need to do is, as you said, remove the
ugly rear wheel covers and drop the 1.6 DOHC Si engine in it.
Can you say great power to weight.
Eric (Waiting for Honda to realized it needs to make a new CRX) Carman
At 02:57 PM 8/18/00 -0400, Jeff Lloyd wrote:
>Well I saw my first Honda insight today, neat little car, 2seater the rear
>end is cut flat
>Very light I said to myself "self, that is a CRX" I'll tell you. Take away
>the cheesy wind directing rear
>Wheel covers (ala Cadillac) and you have an 2nd gen CRX with a redesigned
>front end.
>
>Look it's the 3rd generation CRX!!!
>http://www.honda2000.com/models/insight/color_info/car3.jpg
>
>So I got to thinking "wonder what the specs are like"
>
>Well here you go
>
>Insight
>1847 Lbs
>66hp
>67ftlbs trq.
>$18,800 (gasp for a honduh)
>28 lbs per HP
>
>$10.17 per pound
>
>But wait there's more I said that is one light car but is it the lightest we
>can buy
>NOPE the GEO metro is the only car to beat it out and not by much 14lbs
>lighter
>To put the HP/weight into perspective a 99 Miata is 16lbs per hp
>
>Metro
>1832 lbs
>55hp
>57 ft-lbs torque
>$9232.00
>33 lbs per hp
>
>That's $5.04 per pound, cheaper then some meat
>
>Now get this I thought to myself, "self, is that the cheapest car per
>pound??" NOPE)
>I am always amazed how my mind works so I looked... and since I was grocery
>shopping
>When I spotted the insight the price per pound Idea stuck in my head
>
>And I found probably the best deal on four wheels out there, the Daewoo
>Lanos
>
>Lanos
>2447 lbs
>105hp
>106ft-lbs
>$8669.00
>23 lbs per hp
>
>$3.54 per pound cheaper then cheese!!!!!!!!
>
>Other cars that were close
>Suzuki Swift
>
>Swift
>1895 lbs
>79hp
>75ft-lbs torque
>$9099.00
>24 lbs per hp
>
>$4.80 per pound pretty decent
>
>
>Hyundai Accent
>2255 lbs
>92hp
>97ft-lbs torque
>$8999
>24.5 lbs per hp
>
>$3.99 per pound (2nd place)
>
>Toyota Echo
>2100lbs
>108hp
>105ft-lbs torque
>$9995
>19.5 lbs per hp (for under 10,000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
>$4.75 per pound
>
>Saturn SL
>2332 lbs
>108 hp
>114ft-lbs torque
>$10,685
>21.6 lbs per hp
>$4.58 per pound
>
>
>
>
>In summary the echo blows away the competition in HP/Weight
>While the Daewoo and Hyundai (both Korean) are winners in value per dollar
>While the Saturn proves the Americans can play in the foreign game
>Notice No European Cars made the list, because Not a single one could be had
>For under $15,000 I wish VW were allowed to bring the 98+MPG polo over here
>They would really offer a fighting chance.
>
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