Where each one leads
Fiat 500e
- Against cars of the same year, the Fiat 500e comes out better in New York safety inspections (fails 16% less often than average) than the Honda Insight (fails 26% more often than average).
Honda Insight
Ahead on none of the like-for-like measures.
Only measures that do not depend on how many cars were sold: pass and failure rates against cars of the same age, ratings, fuel use and CO₂. How we compare
At a glance
| Fiat 500e | Honda Insight | |
|---|---|---|
| Model years in the US safety record | 2013–2025 | 2000–2022 |
| New cars registered in Europe | — | 19,985 (2010–2022) |
| Licensed in the United Kingdom | — | 8,100 |
| On the road in the Netherlands | 1,266 | 4,196 |
| In traffic in Finland | 101 | 532 |
EEA new-car registrations (CC BY 4.0) · DVLA licensed vehicles (OGL v3.0) · RDW (CC0) · Traficom (CC BY 4.0) · generations: Wikidata (CC0).
Reliability and problems
| Fiat 500e | Honda Insight | |
|---|---|---|
| UK MOT first-time pass rate | — | 71% |
| … against cars of the same age | — | +13% |
| New York safety inspections failed | 1.2% | 2.1% |
| … against cars of the same year | −16% | +26% |
| Illogical odometer records (NL) | — | 2.7% |
| US owner complaints | 52 | 517 |
| Most complaints about | Electrical system | Air bags |
| Model year with most complaints | 2013 (16) | 2010 (119) |
| US recall campaigns | 6 | 24 |
| Manufacturer service bulletins | 436 | 820 |
| NHTSA defect investigations | 5 | 22 |
Complaint, recall and bulletin counts grow with the number of cars sold and are not adjusted for it. UK MOT: DVSA anonymised MOT results (OGL v3.0); New York: DMV inspections; complaints, recalls, bulletins and investigations: NHTSA (public domain); odometer: RDW (CC0).
Safety
| Fiat 500e | Honda Insight | |
|---|---|---|
| NHTSA overall rating | — | 5★ (2022) |
NHTSA New Car Assessment Program, most recent rated model year (public domain).
Fuel, emissions and price
| Fiat 500e | Honda Insight | |
|---|---|---|
| Official combined fuel use, Canada | — | 4.9 l/100 km (2021) |
| Official CO₂ of new cars in Europe | — | 95 g/km |
| Average power of new cars in Europe | — | 104 kW (139 hp) |
| Average mass in running order | — | 1,267 kg |
| Dutch list price when new (median) | €33,489 | €24,000 |
| Average odometer in Finland | 71,000 km | 203,000 km |
Canada: NRCan Fuel Consumption Ratings, most frugal version of the latest year (OGL Canada). Europe: EEA monitoring of new-car CO₂ and on-board fuel meters (OBFCM), CC BY 4.0. Price: RDW catalogue price (CC0). Finland: Traficom (CC BY 4.0).