Honda Insight MPG by year — every rating on record

The Honda Insight has a combined EPA fuel economy rating for 16 model years, from 2000 to 2022. Across those years its best rated version returned 53 mpg (2000) and its thirstiest returned 40 mpg (2011). The EPA record holds 28 configurations for this nameplate, most recently a Midsize Cars.

Year-by-year EPA ratings

Where it has stood in its class

Ranked against every other nameplate the EPA filed under the same class that year. The Honda Insight placed highest in 2000 at #1 of 21, and lowest in 2022 at #19 of 121. It spent 16 of its 16 ranked years in the top half of its class.

Every configuration on record

All 28 configurations EPA lists for this nameplate, newest first.

How the rating has moved between model years

Comparing the best-rated configuration of each year. 2 of 5 year-over-year steps improved the top rating.

What Insight fuel costs over a year

At the EPA's 11,500 miles a year, the 2022 Honda Insight burns 221 to 221 gallons depending on configuration. Below is what that costs at three pump prices, and how much more the thirstiest configuration costs than the most efficient one.

EPA’s own estimate for the 2022 model year is $1,200 to $1,200 a year in fuel, or $5,250 less than the average new vehicle over five years.

How it compares with other Two Seaters

Across the 263 nameplates EPA classifies as Two Seaters, the median best combined rating is 18 mpg. At 52 mpg the Honda Insight is 34 mpg better the median, which is worth about $1,462 a year at $3.50 a gallon.

• All Two Seaters rankings — every nameplate in the class, best to worst.

Other Honda nameplates

Every Honda model compared → — all nameplates ranked by best combined rating, with what each one costs a year.