[TruckMan]

Originally Posted by Saturn69

Yes, GM dropped the ball on this one, I'll give you that, but when the Prius hit the market 7 years ago, it WAS a marketing tool. It was sold as a way to reduce greenhouse gases, not as a fuel-efficient car. Now that fuel economy is trumping horsepower - for some people, not all, I am not implying that no one cares about horsepower - GM is behind the curve. So is Mitsubishi, Ford, Mazda, VW, Volvo....well, pretty much everyone that is not Honda or Toyota, the only two offering hybrid cars. I am not counting Nissan because the Altima hybrid is pretty much a reskinned (hehehe) Camry Hybrid with a Nissan ICE. Why don't people rip on the other companies that aren't selling hybrid cars? Ah. Because it's fashionable to hate the Detroit Big Three.

As for Prius' selling 'hours after hitting the lot'...not so much back here. There's about 35 of them sitting at Performance Toyota in LaVista. They aren't that popular back here. Sure, there's quite a few of them, my neighbor has one, but they aren't selling out in mere hours nor are they selling for a premium. Yet.

Well, according to the article, even Toyota is behind the curve. Seems that they didn't plan properly for the swing to fuel efficient cars either - seeing as how they can't keep up with demand. Granted, they were in a much better place than GM to start, but they also failed to see the quick swing. Think about that before everybody starts bashing GM so much.