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To: FJB who wrote (306156)	5/21/2009 10:26:13 AM
From: Alan Smithee	5 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793677

A view of the future of the automobile in the era of Government Motors? From The Sunday Times May 17, 2009 Honda Insight 1.3 IMA SE Hybrid Much has been written about the Insight, Honda's new low-priced hybrid. We've been told how much carbon dioxide it produces, how its dashboard encourages frugal driving by glowing green when you're easy on the throttle and how it is the dawn of all things. The beginning of days. So far, though, you have not been told what it's like as a car; as a tool for moving you, your friends and your things from place to place. So here goes. It's terrible. Biblically terrible. Possibly the worst new car money can buy. It's the first car I've ever considered crashing into a tree, on purpose, so I didn't have to drive it any more. Full article Here