Glad you are happy with you Insight. While true, this statement is not exactly fair. I'm beating almost half of the Insights in the real mileage database with my Civic Hybrid. Clearly it would be misleading to say that the HCH gets better mileage than the Insight because the Insight is the highest mileage car you can currently buy in the US. Just because you can beat a Prius in a VW Diesel does not mean everybody can or would. The Prius's EPA mileage is higher than the VW and it is cleaner. The Prius is also slightly faster 0-60.

If you want a car with an automatic style transmission the Prius is hard to beat overall. The numbers speak for themselves. Toyota has sold a ton of Prius's while Honda only sells a handful of Insights. Honda also makes far fewer Civic Hybrids, yet they sit on lots (in some places) waiting to be purchased while there is a waiting list for the Prius. For good reason I might add. I love my HCH but the Prius is far more advanced. Personally I prefer a manual transmission, if I wanted a CVT/automatic I would have waited for a Prius.