The Essential Hybrid Car Handbook - A Buyer's Guide

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Wonder if now is the time to buy a hybrid car?

The Essential Hybrid Car Handbook gives you all the information you need to make a decision. With a thorough comparison of all models on the road today, this one volume covers price, cost-effectiveness, technology, and ecological advantages.

To make sure you have the fullest perspective on all your options, Nick Yos also charts the advantages and disadvantages of every viable alternative fuel - ethanol, biodiesel, hydrogen, natural gas, electricity. And he takes a close look at how the new fuel-sipping minicars stack up against hybrids.

Table of Contents

Foreword | Introduction

IS A HYBRID CAR FOR YOU?

Getting to Know a New Kind of Vehicle
Honda Insight: Got There First | What the Owners Say: Honda Insight | Toyota Prius: Also a First | What the Owners Say: Toyota Prius | A Good Try from the U.S.

Decision Factors
Hybrids are Better for the Environment | Hybrids are Here to Stay | Will You Save Enough on Gas to Justify the Price? | Other Cost Incentives | Do You Want to Make a Statement? | Evaluate the Downside

A BUYER'S GUIDE TO HYBRIDS

How Today's Hybrid Cars Work
The Four Types of Hybrid Powerplants | Driving Forces in the Hybrid Powerplant | Toyota Prius | Toyota Highlander Hybrid | Toyota Camry Hybrid | Lexus RX400h | Lexus GS450h | 2006 Honda Insight | Honda Civic Hybrid | Honda Accord Hybrid | Mercury Mariner Hybrid | Ford Escape Hybrid | Chevrolet Silverado Hybrid | GMC Sierra Hybrid | Saturn VUE Green Line Hybrid

FUTURE HYBRIDS, ALTERNATIVE-FUEL VEHICLES,
and SUPER-EFFICIENT SMALL CARS

Future Gasoline-Electric Hybrids
General Motors | Ford | Chrysler | Nissan | Toyota | Honda | Saab

Diesel Power—From the Europeans
Mercedes-Benz | BMW | Volkswagen | Audi | Porsche | Volvo

Manufacturers of the Fence
Hyundai and Kia | Subaru | Mini USA

The Plug-In Solution
How Plug-in Hybrids Work | Plug-ins on the Road

Alternative Fuels
Ethanol | Biodiesel | Hydrogen | Natural Gas | Electricity

Fuel-Sipping Minicars
Chevrolet Aveo | Dodge Caliber | Honda Fit | Hyundai Accent | Kia Rio | Nissan Versa | Suzuki Reno | Toyota Yaris

Super-Efficiency
100 Miles per Gallon: Is That All? | 250 Miles per Gallon? | 330 Miles per Gallon? | 10,000 Miles per Gallon?

Acknowledgments | Useful Web Sites | Photo Credits | Index

The Essential Hybrid Car Handbook - A Buyer's Guide