Dah! I was just about to post this.

why do you say stinks of politics? This--even tho no numbers, but just how it's written--seems like it's a better tax deal.

edit: you're right. it's difficult to tell if this is a good thing or not, even tho the article implies it's good. it depends on what "2002 version of a similar model" means. civic and all american cars are the only ones that work well w/ this. prius and insights it's uncertain.

reedit: check this link. it's on the cnn link at the bottom
http://money.cnn.com/popups/2005/aut...n.exclude.html
it's examples of tax credits for each model. prius gets the 2nd best tax break, while honda civic GX gets the biggest. no idea why civic 2006 isnt mentioned.

insight: -1450 (only the auto...manual gets almost zilch : \ )
prius: $- 3150
the chevy silverado truck gets 250$ deservingly.