I am familiar with Israel. All cars are imported, and are subject to the same tariff scale. I vividly remember seeing *one* US car. It provoked the same kind of admiration/derision depending who was speaking, as the hummer does here -- and for the same reasons.

R2-E2, 2G Prius.
Highway/City/Husband/Wife MPG: 56.5, as of 12/2005, 26K miles

Jac Nasser, Ford President: "We are planning to launch a hybrid version of
this car [P2000] within this year [1998]. We will also make FCEV available in
2004."