[thinkaboutit]

I did the math and compared gas $ savings between a honda fit and a honda insight. You'd have to drive about 150k miles (bad for environment) to make up the difference in price and by then you'd probably need to replace the insight's batteries (bad for environment).

Also, most would argue that the fit is more fun on a track than the insight.

My conclusion is that hybrids are stupid. At least at this point in time.

The crz type-R might be gas only, but why build a track car on a hybrid platform? Sure you'd save money on designing another platform, but hybrid platform will be heavier, less rigid, and/or more expensive than a purpose built sport car platform (ie. ft86).

crz=people who like the way crz looks

crz type r=people who like the way crz looks and have extra $$$

ft86=people who love driving

* I know all the cars I mentioned have little in common. I was trying to illustrate a point.
** The crz type-r may be faster than the ft-86 but then it will probably cost more (even though it's fwd).