UK Government Tough On Hybrids But Public Loves Them

Not to be outdone by American lobby groups the UK powers that be are trying to slow down hybrid car sales.

Toyota was recently ordered to pull a commercial that stated their cars produce up to one ton less CO2 a year compared to similar non hybrid cars.

Toyota's claim was based on the average driver riding 20000Km a year, which is the American standard, but in the UK it's only 13000Km, hence they were accused of making an unbelievable exageration. While the commercial did say 'up to 1 ton less' they were still forced to stop showing the commercial.

I personally hate it when people advertise 'up to 80% off on selected items' and can never find these items for sale, not enough to ask them to pulls the ads though. There seems to be a double standard here. If one company cannot say 'up to' then be consistant and make nearly every other business do the same. Why only Toyota?

Despite this foolish incedent you'll be happy to know hybrid car sales are skyrocketing in the UK, Toyota sales increased by 200% between 2005/2006 and they expect a 90% increase this year. Honda estimates this years sales to be around 500% better than last year.

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Honda to discontinue hybrid Accord sedan

With gas prices soaring you would think all hybrid vehicles would be enjoying great sales figures.

The Honda hybrid Accord sedan bucked the trend so much so that Honda will discontinue it's hybrid version of the car.

Hybrid car owners apparently want great gas mileage, not just pretty good mileage.

Honda's own smaller Civic sedan gets about 49 mpg and the Accord is around 28mpg and nearly 9G's more expensive ($31,000) which doesn't fit well with many consumers. For hybrid car enthusiasts 28mpg doesn't cut it as they would rather sacrifice size for a smaller car getting great mileage.

Their main competitor, the Toyota Camry hybrid gets about 40 miles per gallon and has a $26,000 price which didn't help matters. Looks like another TKO by Toyota, this time over a competing hybrid rather than a gas guzzler.


Staff, Green Cars Now , a website promoting fuel efficient vehicles and alternative fuels.