Honda Insight vs Suzuki Solio
The Solio costs less to run, by the official figures: about $50 a year less in Australia.

Side by side
Specs are for each car's newest version. The better figure is in green.
A typical year's fuel
- Australia
- $1,010
- $965 (better)
- New Zealand
- $1,219
- $1,164 (better)
- United Kingdom
- £741
- £707 (better)
- United States
- $942
- $899 (better)
Official figures
- Uses
- 3.8 L/100km
- 3.6 L/100km (better)
- On a full tank
- 1,061 km
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Space
- Seats
- 5
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- Boot
- 427 L
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- Length
- 4,663 mm
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- Weight
- 1,361 kg
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Engine
- Engine
- 1.5 L 4-cylinder petrol hybrid
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- Power
- 113 kW
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- Torque
- 267 Nm
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- Gearbox
- E-CVT
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- Drive
- FWD
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A typical year: New Zealand 11,000 km (Ministry of Transport's average for a light vehicle); Australia 11,100 km (ABS Survey of Motor Vehicle Use average); United Kingdom 11,265 km (DfT National Travel Survey average of about 7,000 miles); United States 21,726 km (FHWA average of about 13,500 miles). Real costs depend on how and where you drive. Work out a particular trip.
Insight or Solio?
Which is cheaper to run, the Honda Insight or the Suzuki Solio?
The Suzuki Solio: about $50 a year less in Australia than the Honda Insight at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Honda Insight or the Suzuki Solio?
The Suzuki Solio, at 3.6 L/100km (78 mpg UK, 65 mpg US) to the Honda Insight's 3.8 L/100km (75 mpg UK, 62 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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