I think that CR does an honest job of trying to fairly evaluate competing products, and as such it is a great benefit to consumers.

Looking at that particular article, when I figure in my natural bias in favor of hybrids, I'm still not sure if I agree with them or not. I think they raise some valid issues, but as you and others have pointed out, they may have chosen inappropriate comparisons and overstated some costs.

So I'm not sure about that article. What I saw as inappropriate and damaging to us hybrid-lovers was the indiscriminate bashing of Consumer Reports. To me, that just makes us seem hyper-sensitive and hasty to bash and discredit anybody who disagrees with us on a single point.

Hence my interest in posting a thread showing how many of CR's ratings and evaluations turn out to be decidedly in favor of hybrids.