Toyota Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles Testing Begins in UK

Why do the Brits get all of the new Good Cars?

Saw in my local news paper this week a brand new small engine car. Rated 17 city and 30 highway.

So in our day and present age, why and I do mean why is this small car so lousy in mileage???

Is it a Conspiracy?????

Is that a small american car or a small european / japanese car?

What is the engine size?

I have a small car and i couldn't tell you what the actual mpg is but I do know that it costs me just under £40 to fill my car with petrol and I can do about 400 miles on one tank of petrol. Most of that is commuting to and from work with is a short (~5miles) urban journey every day.

Think it was a small American one:

Under 200 horses if I remember, so that is why I thought of the Conspiracy. I mean with all of the new static on Big Oil, and us getting gouged at the pump by the Barons one must think.

Who would buy it, a Prius might cost a bit more but over three to five year ownership the quiet little Gas Miser will pay for itself?

I Dun know, Mine goes fast and drinks a lot of gas, So I'm a hypocrite?

That's 'cos you guys only like big ugly thirsty crap cars .
Just teasing...I notice that you guys in the USA are doing much more in terms of DIY electric car conversions and stuff (it's one of my 'coffee time, wouldn't it be nice if only I had a decent workshop' projects)

Del

I thought it was to atone for all of the miserably engineered and built Brit cars you'd suffered through for all those years? Or were those features just on the ones you shipped to US?

Of course those were only featured on the ones shipped to the US!

But you have paid us back with interest for those!