i think another issiue is gas mileage.(all of this info was taken out of the 2005 energuide which is produced with by canadian government in association with the automoible manifactures of canada)
lets look at the sub compact and compact classes mpg. when i was searching for a new car i learned of some amasing figures. all of these are and inline 4 with a 5speed gear box.
ford focus 5speed 31/46
chevy aveo 5speed 32/46
chevy cavalear 5speed 30/47
dodge sx 2.0 5speed 35/48
honda civic 5speed 38/50
hyundai accent 5speed 35/43
kia rio 5speed 30/41
mazda 3 5speed 33/46
nissan sentra 5speed 33/46
toyota carolla 5speed 40/53
toyota echo 42/54
vw golf tdi 5speed 46/61
with riseing gas prices there are only 3 companies that have cars rated at 50+ for highway. honda toyota and vw. only toyota and vw broke the 40+ mark for city driveing. fearther more where are these hybrid viechales that gm and ford are working on. honda has the insite hybrid the civic hybryd and accord. toyota has the pirous. and what does ford have the escape hybrid. WHY NOT A FOCUS HYBRID. WHY NOT A CAVILEAR. thow gm is working on there results where is chrysler in this? there is only one way gas will go...up.
