Actually they're probably freer to do whatever they want to whomever they want whenever they want even more than us...so it make's sense that they are in even bigger doo-doo.

Even the great Lord Rumsfeld said it..."Freedom can be messy...." ...of course...it depends on what "freedom to do __________" is.

Regardless...I do agree with Zimbop that it's absolutely pointless to offer hybrid technology in cars that can't even muster 30 MPG in this day and age.