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Originally Posted by Vman455
I dispute your statement that hybrids are "bad for road trips." Hybrid versions of conventional models are almost always more aerodynamically efficient and get better highway mpg than their non-hybrid counterparts; nickel-metal hydride batteries have also proven over the last two decades to be extremely reliable.
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Yep, my '06 Escape Hybrid would get 30MPG at ~72MPH with cruise, my Prius gets 45-50MPG in the same conditions. The highway mileage may not be as big of a jump over a non hybrid as the city mileage, but it's still better.
Don't buy a fast car to drive it slow. It won't happen unless you limit the throttle's travel to the first 25%. Trying to justify a sports car over an economy car because you can theoretically get similar mileage is just silly. Everything about the sports car is more expensive, you might as well forget about fuel economy and just have fun driving it.