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The battery's more powerful than the one the car is equipped with. Its a bargain at 3K compared to some car upgrades out there. For instance, converting a VW New Beetle into all-wheel, 4 motion VR6 drive engine will set one back 60K!!! So if one is looking to get more out of a car, an after-market performance may just be the ticket. It all depends on whether one feels its worth the bragging rights to have a car that has more oomph than the dealer stock model.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)

4 posted on 06/25/2005 1:37:23 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)

On the other hand, hybrids already carry a premium price over their gas-only stablemates. Here in Canuckistan, the Prius (loaded) lists for just under forty grand CDN. The Civic hybrid costs about twelve grand more than the gas version.

They're nice cars (I write about cars and have driven four of the hybrids so far), but they should be bought as nice cars, or gas savers, but not money savers (not that I'm implying that you said that!).

Cheers
Jim