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OpinionAn open letter to Ford from a customer

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This is not an issue about EPA testing standards, but rather an issue about setting false customer expectations in order to promote sales. For the record, during the last three years I have leased both a 2010 Prius and 2010 Honda Insight Hybrid, and consider myself an experienced hyper-miler. South Portland, Maine.

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Polk: 35% of hybrid owners buying hybrids again

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As an example, the Honda Civic is the second most cross-shopped vehicle among both Toyota Prius and Honda Insight shoppers. Los Angeles; San Diego; Portland, Oregon; and Seattle) are no more loyal to hybrid vehicles than the nation at large. Hybrid vehicles represent 2.4% —Lacey Plache, Edmunds.com chief economist.

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