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Old 09-24-2012, 12:52 PM   #125 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Cobb View Post
Well, the term hybrid has been abused and really taken out of context. I am guessing Toyota branded the car like that for fear US Americans would give it a name of our own.

There have been many good examples of a real hybrid posted here and some of my friends will argue that the El Camino is a hybrid, part car, part truck.
So true. Honda-tech has a subforum called "hybrid". It's all about Prelude and Integra engines in Civics.
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