[Cicero]

I don't think everyone appreciates that this is satire. Toyota didn't write it, Jenkins did.

By the way, Honda, which is mentioned in the article, has done a complete makeover on its hybrid car. I don't know if it's worth buying or not, but it got the Motor Trend Car of the Year Award, according to the Honda web site.

[Imnotalib]

The hybrid didn't get the Car of the Year, the whole line of Civics, which included the hybrid, did. First time an entire model line got the award.

"The Honda Civic has captured Motor Trend magazine's "Car of the Year" award, the publication for auto enthusiasts announced Tuesday.

The magazine said that it is giving the award to the Civic for all four of its new versions."

[Spktyr]

The Honda Accord hybrid is definitely worth buying. It's actually *faster* and more powerful than the most powerful non-hybrid Accord. And most importantly, it's a usable *CAR* first and a hybrid second. Toyota took the other approach and made it a hybrid first, car second, and the results just suck.

The only way you can tell an Accord Hybrid apart is by the dead silence at a stop and the badge on the back. Otherwise, it looks just like a regular Accord, inside and out (though you do sacrifice some trunk room).

[peter the great]

A few things worth thinking about. First we had a good week. Gas prices were falling. The speech by the President combined with good economic news and to sum it up we had the Rats on the Ropes. This article comes along satire or not Rush reported this as fact, never once mentioning what happened in Oregon as a result of hybrid cars. One other thing that I know for certain is that the statistics can not be trusted you must remember that for this car to work you got to drive in a heavily congested area like New York at rush hour. This article hit and oil is on the way up again and that is a problem. One other thing that we can say for sure is that Dubya has some very mean and powerful enemies.

[Nik Naym]

"...Motor Trend Car of the Year Award"

A joke. A very big joke.

The following piles of crap were also Motor Trend "Car Of
The Year" (translation: bought a bunch of advertising)

Renault Alliance. (biggest pile of junk since the Vega)

Chevy Caprice (the year they they gave it a boat tail...right before they put it out of our misery)

Chevy Citation (Self explanatory)

The Chevy Vega (Biggest pile of crap ever)

The Chevy Monza (Tried very hard to be as big a pile of crap as the Vega, but tended to run somewhat more often than not)

Shall I continue?

Nik

[paulat]

By the way, Honda, which is mentioned in the article, has done a complete makeover on its hybrid car. I don't know if it's worth buying or not, but it got the Motor Trend Car of the Year Award, according to the Honda web site.

Nope...it was the Honda Civic...not the hybrid...that got the complete makeover and the award.