The diversity in taste in the car hobby never fails to make me smile – a local chap usually has his pair of British classics displayed proudly on his driveway, comprising a 4.6-litre Range Rover P38a, and a Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit. From this, we can deduce that the chap is a fan of luxury, V8s, British marques and spending money on petrol, with neither car realistically averaging above 17mpg. Imagine my surprise, then, when I saw his latest classic purchase: a first-generation Honda Insight, the spaceship-like two-seater that was technically the first hybrid production car. The compact, cleverly-engineered, ultra-economical Insight couldn’t be more the antithesis of the Range Rover and Silver Spirit, suggesting that the owner has a range of tastes. You might argue that the fuel-sipping Honda (our old…
