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Old August 23rd 04, 12:03 PM posted to uk.transport.london
JB JB is offline
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Default Off topic - Toyota Prius in London


"Stimpy" wrote in message
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JB wrote:

Thanks for that. I had a look at their web site but didn't see
anything straight away. Is a Hybrid car the same as an electric I
wonder?


No, a Hybrid car is a petrol engined car with electric assistance.

You can easily get similar fuel consumption out of a Golf PD Diesel

although
some would prefer the Prius for it's alleged environmental benefits.




There are undoubtedly cars that have better CO2 or fuel figures but they are
usually a) small cramp cars b) tiny slow engines with terrible performance
or more usually c) a+b

Besides which I reckon Diesel will be the next big crack down since 4* is
gone.