Why American

[essentialsaltes]

I saw a billboard this morning for the Saturn Hybrid Aura. Great, I thought, an American hybrid, and I know a lot of happy Saturn owners. So I checked it out. The Aura Greenline is priced at $22.7K and gets 28/35 mpg. Hmmm... that doesn't sound so hot.

Let's see... the 2007 Prius gets 60/51 mpg for $22.2K. Far better performance for slightly less money.

Shit, the non-hybrid 2007 Nissan Sentra gets 29/36 with the continuous variable transmission option, pricing out to around $16K.

Sorry, GM. I know you've got twice as many retirees as employees, but you'll just have to do better than that.

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[dogofthefuture.livejournal.com]

I'm holding out for plug-in hybrids. Pretty sure my daily commute could be all-electric most days, especially if I continue to work where I do, where there is an electric vehicle charging stall in the parking structure. I suppose if I wanted one NOW, I could buy a Honda Whatchamacallit or a Ford Escape hybrid and pay $10,000 to get it converted to plug-in.

I think I'll wait.