Well, I was in a focus group this evening and it was about a new GM hybrid concept. I found out about the focus group online and only people that owned hybrid cars were invited to be in the focus group. This is the info that I gathered from the focus group-

New GM hybrid
-4 door compact
-0-60 in 9 seconds
-Top speed of 125
-You can get 40 miles on a full battery charge
-It is plug in capable
-You can charge the battery via plug in or have the car idle on gas for 15
minutes and charge the battery if the plug in is not accessible
-After the 40 miles on the battery you will be using gas and get around 45-55
mpg
-It will have regenerative braking
-Be in the price range of $27,000 with all the gadgets (bluetooth, navi, ipod
connection)

He was concerned on how we felt if GM started to become more in the market of hybrids. He noted that GM would be adding 12 new hybrids to their line (no time frame). Also, the avg mpg of their 23 lines of cars will be 30+. Then he wanted to know what we felt about a GM hybrid and many of our concerns were about reliability and such.

That is all I can remember. The guy said it was a concept, so not even sure if they would make it. But, wanted to get our input.

Sounds a bit like the Saturn Aura hybrid that is supposedly coming out, except with the BAS system it will likely use, it cannot perform as suggested in your focus group. Maybe they are cooking up a non BAS hybrid?