I would find it curious if anyone really selected the HAH on economy. I have an 03 HCH and test drove the Accord recently to decide if I wanted to trade up. In the end, the HAH costs $11-13,000 more, and gets 10-15 MPG less than my HCH. The increase in my monthly cost of ownership was on the order of $175-200 (car, gas, insurance). That's why I'd say the HAH would be a curious economical decision. I concluded from my experiment that the HAH would appeal to those already in the market for a mid-$30,000 sedan (hybrid or not) and thought the mild increase MPG would be a nice collateral benefit. If you're spending $35,000 on a car already, an extra $20-30 / month savings at the pump wouldn't register much. Which is why I thought the HAH was such a strange move - why only make the hybrid available in the highest trim level (and most expensive?). Get the HAH down to the $25-27,000 range, and economics might come into play. Anyone know why Honda did that?