BillyK,
Maybe Toyota knows something we don't? Just as Martin has inside GM news? Maybe $50,000 and 20 MPG hybrid vehicles won't sell? I don't know. It seems the above market I described is too small to mean anything. Especially with oil at an all-time high. Daily.

I'm sure the plan is to sell a bunch of HSD vehicles to a larger market and go from there, establishing the merit of the hybrid system. Seems that is working if one checks the hybrid sales numbers and profits. I sure as heck wouldn't want to try to sell in the large truck market right now, hybrid or not!

If HSD has taken 10 years to establish (THS first, then HSD just 5 years ago) when gas was pretty cheap (maybe $2/gallon average), how does GM see a substantial enough market of large hybrid trucks to keep them afloat? Fleet sales of trucks? I can't quite see the logic yet...the early numbers are not impressive for the HSD-killer it's been marketed as.

'04 Seaside Pearl #7. Fumoto oil drain, mudflaps, rear bumper scuff protector & rear warn system, compass mirror, EV mode button, 8" subwoofer in right rear cubby & 6" subs under seats, power lumbar in the front seats, Coastaletech hitch w/ Aspen bike/snowboard rack. iPod2car, 2 amps, Alpine component speakers, and DVD video, solid 47 MPG @ 70000 miles.