Things are always available better, faster and cheaper if you're willing to wait, but one could wait forever with that logic. This same logic that applies to new computers applies to new cars.

In '08 there will be all sorts of uncomfortable shifting in various FEH owners seats as the redesign becomes available. But in the meantime, those of us who have our FEH's are getting to enjoy them and I keep my cars for so long I might as well start enjoying them sooner than later. I was in the market for a new car now after 14 years of driving the same vehicle, so I couldn't imagine waiting when I found the car I loved and at a price I was willing to pay. (For the record, we bought our '06 FEH March 6, 2006 off the lot, at slightly above invoice and for 6.2% financing--not thru Ford Motor Credit.)

Ford's trying to bulk up sales of its hybrid because much of the rest of its product line is heavy on large pickups and SUVs that are perhaps not selling quite as well as company projections (though like you I've read that Hummer sales and the like are still shining despite gas prices; the target markets of those vehicles aren't really sensitive to gas prices, as is pretty obvious given the abysmal gas mileage.)

- Shannon (Geeky, Wild Texan)