Someone please explain to me the TEN YEAR lag between the Prius debut (okay only in Japan)...how about the 7 year lag between the US Prius debut and ANYTHING even remotely resembling a full hybrid from GM?? And it is STILL not in the showroom or on the road for the public to experience. And the Saturn version of 'hybrid' is a start-stop system. Please, Toyota had those overseas several years ago...for actual people to drive! Not just press releases.

GM is so not in the hybrid/fuel-efficiency game. No matter what their press releases say, show me the hybrids! Show me where they applied ANY EV1 technology to fuel efficiency.

I'm sorry, GM has REALLY screwed themselves. Nothing like digging a hole with big SUV gas guzzlers, then burying yourself in that hole by crushing the ONE car that was brilliant. I don't see how I'll ever get over that one.

Cheers,

Curt.

PS I'd be just as disappointed in Toyota for crushing my Prius, telling me there ain't a market and the wait lists non-existent. It didn't happen that way, and some Rav 4 EVs are still running in private hands just fine. Does that mean they are leading the charge (pun intended) for EVs? I'd say so.

'04 Seaside Pearl #7. Fumoto oil drain, mudflaps, rear bumper scuff protector & rear warn system, compass mirror, EV mode button, 8" subwoofer in right rear cubby & 6" subs under seats, power lumbar in the front seats, Coastaletech hitch w/ Aspen bike/snowboard rack. iPod2car, 2 amps, Alpine component speakers, and DVD video, solid 47 MPG @ 70000 miles.