Wednesday, January 18, 2006

STILL GETS WORSE MILEAGE THAN A GEO: I was going to post about how irritating it is that our hybrid choices are limited to some SUVs and the equivalent of a 1989 Mazda 323, but a little research reveals that Lexus has the mother of all hybrids coming this spring. (There's also an Accord hybrid coming soon.) According to Lexus, it will have the power of a 4.5-liter V-8 and the mileage of a 2.4-liter compact sedan. In other words, the power of a regular Lexus with the gas mileage of a Honda Civic. It won't be cheap -- probably dealer-invoicing at close to $60,000, but I'm betting it will be awesome.

It would have been nice, by the way, to see a faltering American auto industry getting ahead of the demand curve with a cool-looking luxury hybrid model.

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