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Hi All:

___Just speculating but I think this automobile will have the hottest exterior of any hybrid to date once released? The current interior needs a lot of work but the exterior has my eye … So does the Caddy CTS but it will be a cold day in hell before I ever purchase one of those! Unless they go DualMode with an Atkinsonized AFM system and a 3 kWh Li-Ion with a 60% SoC range ;)

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___Good Luck

___Wayne

My mother has been looking at the FFH as a possible next vehicle when she gets a new vehicle (She has a Focus wagon, which will go to my father, who will then trade in the Escort Wagon he currently has). I've convinced her to drive a Prius and look at the numbers before she purchases anything.

Since I've gotten the FEH, and moved from speed demon to fuel sipper, she's improved her FE too, as she learned some hypermiling tricks from me. When we went to the Ford Hybrid Experience in Dearborn, she drove the MMH, and got 32.1 MPG on the FE display driving it around there; excellent for a first try behind the wheel.