That was a close one! When I read that the TTAC Staff robot was being "retired", I knew that what they really meant was "having its arms bolted into a concrete wall and being tortured the way Lord Straxus tortured Scrounge in Transformers #17: Into The Smelting Pool!". Then I heard the distinctive sound of Derek's Aventador coming down the street. I huddled underneath a makeshift electric blanket, terrified that he would find the park bench where I spend the long nights during Toronto's merciless winter. With a single mighty swipe, Derek tore the blanket from me and growled,
"Get up, Z. McQ. It's time to go to work."
"But what's the QOTD, Managing Editor and heir-apparent, Sir?"
"Find out if our, ah, valued readers are considering hybrids for their next car. And if they aren't, find out why not." Then he was gone in a flash of V-12 growl and P Zero tire smoke, leaving me to trudge through the streets to my battered IBM Model M keyboard.
Today, we found out in Alex Dykes' review of the Accord Hybrid that Honda has indeed "cracked the code", joining Toyota and Ford in the club of manufacturers whose electric-motor-assisted products transcend CAFE-compliance-vehicle or empty-message-to-the-Greenpeace-dweebs status. It seems reasonable to assume that other manufacturers will follow at a rapidly increasing rate.
The question is: Would you consider one of the current hybrids for your next (new) vehicle? If not, why not? What's missing? Do you want more power? More economy? Both? Or is the hybrid surcharge too offensive to your sense of ROI? At what point would you buy a hybrid? When it's a thousand-dollar surcharge? Five hundred? Free? What can we do to get you into this hybrid today — or in the distant future?
from The Truth About Cars http://ift.tt/Jh8LjA
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