or like my brother in law said yesterday, the actors that get out of the prius and go into their energy wasting 15,000 square foot hollywood mansion.
i think the general public has discovered the hypocrisy of your average prius banger. they want to make a 'statement' of saving mother earth, but chances are there is a tax break involved or they in some way live in excess otherwise.
but there is a lot of hypocrites around in many ways. Regardless if they bang toyota or not.
the best point in the article was how a car like a CRX was just as good at fuel efficiency. Well, with a caveat, it did not have to lug around 500 extra pounds of airbags, electrical wiring and five star crash structure.
I HAVE NO IDEA why Honda does not offer a CRX today. Its one of the few Hondas I think was the neatest thing. I also like VW diesels, and why is there no 'Chevette Scooter diesel'?
End point, is the fully complex hybrid a necessity for a 'green car' image. Um, no, Scott. Technologies like the Vue Green Line with BAS (refined to a higher level) make all the right sense to implement.
GM will trump toyota with their hybrid kicks when they get the full hybrids going in the big trucks. We will see real society benefit when those go up for sale. Improve the mpg of the biggest offenders. that is real progress. Most of Toyota's hybrid models are Leuxs cars. this enables toyota to charge much higher prices, not put more green cars on the road. A Lexus GS hybrid was not created for fuel savings as much as it was to add performance.
Wow, more and more we see press taking aim at Hoyotha. nice to see them getting fiarly abused like everyone else finally. Well deserved, too.