Geneva 2009: Volkswagen Polo BlueMotion Concept Car

3.3L/100km...this is like driving for free.

Cars like this is why the prius has been fairly unsuccessful in Europe. Cheaper, more fuel efficient, much nicer for the environment, and without the 'aren't thou holier' image. This plus biodiesel from algae = sustainable motoring.

a hybrid is useless on the higways anyway.

Hmmm aygo, the best selling hybrid car. In a market with bugger all hybrids models at the moment, thats not exactly a big feat. If I start selling a car with 5WD and I sell 3, under your logic no one could ever say it was unsuccessful because it was the best selling 5WD car on the market. Also the UK is unique with its rules on congestion charge being not applicable for hybrid cars, no matter how much fuel they actually used. That artificially boosts demand for hybrids (if you live in London), somewhat unfairly too. In EUROPE (much bigger than just the UK), the Prius is unsuccessful compared to the rest of the world (actually Toyota is relatively unsuccessful in Europe, market-share wise). Please try and use more meaningful claims when refuting other peoples.

Take that Prius! 71.3mpg and 87g/km and it's more environmentally friendly to manufacture aswell. Plus, it's more nice looking compared to the hideous Toyota Prius.