7 myths about Detroit automakers

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Originally Posted by Particle Man

and people are ooooh'ing and ahhh'ing over the damn thing. I just don't get it.

It goes from getting ~15 mpg city to getting ~20 mpg, and because of that it's one of the few hybrids that you can pay for the added cost of the hybrid drive in fuel savings in say under 150,000 miles of driving.

A prius would need almost twice as many miles.

And at $1.50 a gal, they'll probably be in the landfill before they do.