I recently drove a nearly new (2100 miles on the odometer) rental Ford Focus SE nearly 2,000 miles from Denver, CO to Bozeman, MT and back, taking a sidetrip through Yellowstone Park. It was not a bad little car; the trunk is actually huge. But it was not really suited for the 75 mph speed limits of Wyoming and Montana: lots of engine noise and constant downshifting on upgrades. I averaged about 30 mpg over the entire trip, all the time wishing I was driving something with close to the comfort and performance of my HAH. I figure that the Accord Hybrid's fuel economy would have been at least a couple of miles per gallon better as well.