How does 44 mpg vs. 55 mpg (Toyota UK's figure for the Prius converted to US gallons) become "nearly as economical"? The A5 also has less rear room and trunk space and three fewer doors.

@hefavitzen:

The Porsche 959's wheels were hollow to increase air volume in the wheel+tire combo.

@Cognitive_Friction: Kum-ho tires, ribbed for her pleasure.

@TommiTee: Hybrids are a caseload of ad man's snake oil and have the largest of all carbon footprints in the automotive world.

@brandegee:

@MrEvil: Hybrid cars are kinda bullshit.

I wonder what O.S. and graphics software Ford uses to render the dashboards, Flash? Cairo? Java2D?

Best Jalopnik post I've read.

@ausrutherford:

Shouldn't former pr0n star Matte "Gold" Hardigan be writing these posts?

13 years on from the McLaren F1 LM and the supercar form has regressed.

@Ben,

@GoodOldSasta: E for electric, hyphen implying hybrid, Go suggesting mobility rather than performance, Re- for re{charging, generating, inventing, engineering} and volt for the unit of electromotive force.

@ranwhenparked: I guarantee that in less than a decade, those few cars so badly engineered that they can't recover kinetic energy and continue burning fossil fuel at a standstill will be the real "automotive weirdness".

Piss on the Prius all you want, but note that if you give up on mid-size 5-door practicality and get a smaller car, you'll get worse mileage and more pollution. What an amazing rolling appliance.

@graverobber- It says Loud Pipes Save Lives:

Excellent, more battery.

If sexing up a golf cart will make people use it instead of a 3500 lb car to haul their fat asses around, OK. But the Insecta doesn't provide better security or shade or crash protection or even a luggage area.

@Van Sarockin: