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Where Are the High-MPG Small Hybrids? Hybrid Cars News

15.02.10

Does any of this worry? If we progress towards electric vehicles it does not matter.

Utterly profit margins come from trucks (quad-cabs) w/ diesel engines, SUV's with large V8's, and luxury sedans. Yes it is possible for small sedans to get 75-100 mpgs w/mongrel tec. and standard size trucks to have small block diesel engines but that goes against the received business as usually concept. As long as we of in terms of petroleum or any other liquid fuel this problem arises.

Also an riveting question, if you can have a niche market for a crappy Scion why not a 2- door or 4-door composite at 15-17k that gets 80mpgs???

Gasoline tax is political suicide and lobbying to smack new holes in CAFE standards as is being done now only worsens the problem.... At some go out of one's way to consumers will be forced to pay $5.00 a gallon again or future generations will have to pay up for subsidizing oil along with military keep safe, & problems with propping up aristocrats, dictators and people who use dislike and fear to their advantage.

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2009 Honda Fit Sport - Four Seasons Update - April 2009 Automobile Magazine - Apr 21, 2009 No - although our Four Seasons Honda Fit comes silent. After racking up an additional 1246 miles in April, our organization continues to find the Fit to be a bit manic on the open road, especially when the seedy turns blustery. "It's mystifying that enthusiasts

Study: Safety a trade-off with compact, fuel-efficient cars - Bizjournals.com Bizjournals.com, NC - Apr 15, 2009 New York TimesStudy: Safe keeping a trade-off with compact, fuel-efficient carsThe organize, in a new round of crash tests, took three 2009 micro- and mini-models – the Honda Fit, DaimlerChrysler SmartForTwo and Toyota Yaris – and put them into front-end collisions with midsize cars. Each of the models, the introduce said, Video: Small Cars Get Poor Marks in Refuge Tests Small Cars Rate Poorly in New Topple Tests Shocker: Tiny Cars Cannot Defeat the Laws of Physics  -

Motor Mouth: A big collective "duh!" for IIHS's crash test findings - National Post National Post, Canada - Apr 20, 2009 Motor Gob: A big collective "duh!" for IIHS's explode test findingsThe dummies driving the Honda Fit into the Accord or the Toyota Yaris into the Camry rarely had better experiences. The dummies in the Fit and Yaris, for instance, hit their heads on the steering wheels legal through the air bags. Do the Al Gores of the World Want You Dead?

Can Small Cars Overcome Crash Fears? Wall Street Journal - Apr 20, 2009 Those moves, and the long effects of last summer's gas-price shock, are driving auto makers to step cars such as the Toyota Yaris, Honda Fit and Daimler AG's Discerning fortwo -- which get the kind of mileage today that federal law says should be the

Kelley Blue Book's Kbb.com Announces Top 10 Green Cars for 2009 - PR Newswire (press release) PR Newswire (press release), NY - Apr 20, 2009 Canada.comKelley Downcast Book's Kbb.com Announces Top 10 Green Cars for 2009The Toyota Yaris remains the head's mileage champ, but the Honda Fit so handily outshines its competitors in our eyes that it's making the record again this year. We're especially fond of the Sport maquette and its performance-tuned suspension and Kelley Blue Book Announces 2009 Top Rural Cars Prius, Insight Top 2009 Green Cars Schedule 2010 Honda Insight EX Navigation Review