Hi,

It will soon be time for me to upgrade my 10 year old Nissan Maxima so I'm looking around for a good nect car. My initial idea was to buy a volvo v70 2.5T station wagon but I recently realized that the EPA numbers are about 65% better for a rx400h or highlander hybrid (in city traffic).

My commute to work is about 30 minutes through mainly 35 miles per hour roads. Taking this shorter back road is fater then speeding on the highway (at least in traffic). Traffic is relativley light and the trip is relativley flat.

My question is:

How good is the highlander hybrid and the rx400h in city/suburban traffic?

In my case I'm looking at 10 minutes of stop-and-go followed by 25 minutes fo 25 miles per hour roads with only a few redlights.

My question is how well would the rx400h stand against the vovlo v70 2.5T (rated 21 City MPG by EPA)?

I've read some comments on edmunds.com that said that the rx400h and the highlander is not getting the city highway milage as predicted. Is this true?

I wish someone would make a hybrid station wagon!

/Robert