Cars & Trucks and Things that Go

[margaretc]

My guess is that it is going to be a Ford Escape Hybrid, not the least because I totally respect Dan Neill's opinions. We'll see, but that's what an hour of browsing assorted car websites has gotten me. Opinions? Of course we'll go drive 'em, and then there's the whole new-vs-used thing, but here's the lowdown on what we're looking for

Comments

[island42]

I guess the perfect car would be a lightweight plug-in diesel hybrid (goes 50 miles on electric, then switches over to the hybrid). Diesel for the extra 30% gas mileage.

Have they started making some sort of diesel hybrid yet?

[margaretc]

I'm not sure why I'd want the plug-in, since around here wall power just comes from coal.

There is a retro-fit solar plug-in kit that goes on top of the newer Priuses (not mine), that'd be handy - it boosts economy over the 60mgp mark in some locations.

As far as hybrid diesel goes, Opel and Citroën look to be the market leaders, unless you want to buy a bus. :( Opel is the English version of Ford, and of course Citroën is French. They're planning on releasing sub-compacts soon in Europe.

[margaretc]

Or I can call 2010 and ask if Isuzu has come out with theirs yet.