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Originally Posted by Boddie

When they start producing hybrid cars that are as stylish as mine, and available as convertibles I will consider buying, but they are all gopping.

Why not get a design consultant in to actually put a nice looking model together?

I am all for helping save the planet, but not if I have to sacrifice style

you could get a very stylish push bike

joking aside i can see your point - the design consultants obviously had the day off when the prius was conceived. Part of the problem is that hybrids need to accomodate serious battery storage and an electric drive system alongside the petrol engine which needs a lot of space and thus compromises design away from sleek and stylish. It also tend to do away with convertibility because the space the roof would fold into is taken up by battery.

that said you could fit a hybrid system into a retro jag shell or something like that , they dont because i would suspect the target market for hybrids isnt that style conscious.