Hybrids, the cars not the fast-growing tomato plants, are becoming an emotive subject.
The problem, as with a lot of bandwagons, is that all sorts of people climb on to demonstrate just how right-on they are.
Once they are right-on enough it’s back to the first class Jumbo seat and stretch limo.
You see, it’s pious to be seen in a Prius
However, titter yee not and careful with the knockers because surely it is a sacrifice and one half for the likes of Diaz, DiCaprio and Hoffman to be driven around in what has to be said is a very ordinary, even slightly nasty, green badge of a car. We’ll leave Jenny Agutter out of this because after living in a railway tunnel it must have felt like the lap of luxury.
That is not to say that all hybrids are so blighted. The Lexus RX400h is a very good crossover 4x4 and there are hours of fun to be had watching the electronic drive schematic. Umm, yummy.
But this sort of acceptable low-emission transport comes at a cost. In this case £35k minimum.
Being a little planet pixie is about to get even more agreeable. And even more expensive.
In October the LS600h hits the road, or rather whispers onto it with the delicacy of fairy burps. It is a massively secure car, all wheel drive, V8 bloody fast and a hybrid.
Two versions will be on sale, the LS and the LS long which is essentially a limo. With a television for watching your own latest releases.
Great news for Geoff Goldblum, Harrison Ford, Billy Crystal and Calista Flockhart.
The cost? £81,400
A least you avoid the congestion charge.
Flower power
The grass car brings a whole new meaning to mowing someone down
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Spencer Adams wrote...
Interesting subject. Anyone intersted in debating the pros and cons of hybrids take a look at www.thehybriddebate.com
Posted by: Spencer Adams | November 6, 2007 12:14 PM