Toyota Prius Making its European Debut in Geneva

Yeah, it's one of the biggest screw-overs in automotive - and environmental - history, and guess who fell for it the hardest...

No, no, it is Ferrari. Few thousands of them never makes any harm but 5 000 000 Kias or Toyotas does.

my point was more that diesel technology has advanced no end in recent years. although i suppose American manufacturers haven't really invested in the technology. ok i'll give you that one. fair point well made.

i'm not "blaming" anyone. i'm a Brit and i have an Audi and a Merc on the driveway so i'm just as guilty of buying foreign cars as anyone. the point is that i'm not pretending to be green in the first place, and personally i think the whole "green" argument is biased toward car-bashing because that way the governments can tax us more. you don't see the same sort of regulation on any other market, and in Europe cars, vans, buses, trucks etc. only account for 16% of CO2 emissions. and the damage that building the Prius does to the environment won't be alleviated by building the car in the USA. the process of making Li-ion batteries etc for the drivetrain is incredibly toxic to the environment no matter where you do it, and the materials have to be shipped all over the world to do it, which ofc generates CO2 in the first place