Supposedly the low-sulfer fuels will be rolled out in 2006 which should
solve the emissions regulations problems for diesels. Even so, there
are a whole lot of vehicles sold in the other 48 states!

John

Sapper wrote:
> Not if you live in NY or CA though!
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> "John Horner" <jthorner@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>>Steve wrote:
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>>>Excerpts from
>>>http://www.businessweek.com/magazine...6/b3959057.htm While
>>>the Toyota Prius sells in eight days, the Honda Accord hybrid
>>>takes some two months to exit the lot. The Honda Civic hybrid is no
>>>Prius either - it takes 36 days to move.
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>>The Accord hybrid is almost as bad of an idea as the 8 cylinder powered VW
>>Passat was (not quite that bad though). Pushing an Accord into Acura TSX
>>pricing levels really makes no sense.
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>>Now Diesel powered Accords and Civics getting better than hybrid fuel
>>economy in the real world and selling for no more that a $999 premium over
>>the gasoline engine car ... that would be a great idea!
>>
>>John
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