2008 Year of the Hybrid - The Quest Begins

Everywhere I look I am bombarded with news about rising fuel prices and mounting costs associated with driving anywhere.  So like most money conscious like minded people I started doing some research on the subject.  I soon learned that this recent spike in fuel costs is not likely to go away if ever.  Global demand is driving prices upward and will continue to do so for the long term.  With that in mind and my new found greeness I decided to ditch our gas guzzlers and look into a hybrid solution.

So like any consultant I jotted down my high level requirements.  They’re pretty simple actually, I need our next vehicles to be significantly better in MPG.  At 37 years old styling is going to be tossed aside for economy and functionality.  Currently our GMC Envoy SUV gets a dreadful combined average of 16 MPG and our Cadillac STS gets 20 MPG.  The target MPG for our next vehicles is to get 25 + MPG combined for an SUV and 30+ for a 4 door sedan.  Yes I know I should ditch the SUV but we actually need one unfortunately, and my wife would divorce me before she drives a minivan.  On top of that I can’t get a small suv like a Honda CRV or Saturn VUE.  We need a midsize one that can tow at least a 4500 pounds and has decent clearance to make it to our camp site.

Continue along with me as my quest for a greener and more fuel efficient solution continues in the upcoming weeks.  I will post regularly on how my search is going and any interesting facts that I uncover.  Feel free to share any insight and experience you have on the subject. 

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