November 15, 2005

[Redwood]

-Is A Hybrid worth it? The nerd perspective - (thanks Cody)
-James Bond's Aston Martin for sale
-SUV Sales May Pick Up
-Goldman Sachs sells most of Mitsubishi stake
-Black October: Part 2 - (thanks Fair)
-Red Tag with a Twist - blog by VP of GM North America
-2007 Toyota Camry Spyshots
-Radar Love Stinks
-Long Term - Prius Release Me: Our long-term Toyota lets us go- and lets us down
-Driver's Log 2006 Honda Civic Si/Dodge Charger SE
-Nissan's challenge is to avoid mass exodus as it makes move to Tennessee
-Super Hot Mini: Stripped John Cooper Works-tuned GP drops weight and gains power - 2420lbs and 218hp isn't too shabby
-Big 3 fleet sales hid October retail collapse, helped to keep domestics afloat
-First Drive: 2006 BMW M5 - "Sell your kids into servitude if you have to, just get one."
-Weekend Racing News: Checker 500, WRC's Last Race of the Season, and a Busch Clash
-New Mazda MX-5 Captures Japan's Car of the Year
-Mercedes Revs Up R-Class With 510-hp AMG Version
-Full Test: 2006 Chevrolet Impala SS
-Audi announces pricing for new A3 3.2 quattro S-line
-Who will be the second (and third) BMW F1 drivers?
-Audi R8 sports car is go!

[Fair!]

Re: November 15, 2005

Prius not "all that"?

During the year we realized just 41.2 mpg with the Prius, far below the 52.61 mpg we managed in our previous hybrid long-termer, the Honda Insight, and significantly off its reported EPA combined 55.6 mpg. Now 41 mpg may sound like a nice, fat figure, but considering the premium one pays for all that fancy fuel-saving technology, it would take years to recoup the difference over a standard small car of “normal” fuel efficiency.