Comments on: HybridCars.com Launches Green Car Comparison Tool

By: DennisM

DennisM — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 12:50:37 +0000

Are all hybrid electric engines the same????????? I can,t find any information regarding the efficiency and durability of one electric engine over another company,s electric engine.

By: Warren Woodruff

Warren Woodruff — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:27:29 +0000

Why does your site continue to compare cars that are designed for different markets? Case in point would be your new comparison tool that has the Insight, Prius, and Milan Hybrid lumped together. Your selection criterion is geared for the hatchbacks. I know that you can add or remove vehicles but it appears that your site wants to make the Milan look to be a less desirable car by the categories that were selected. To equal out the review information to highlight the Hybrid that is designed to look like a more conventional car should be given. A better solution would be to compare the Camry Hybrid and the Milan Hybrid. Since Honda does not have a car that is a comparable vehicle for the category none should be selected.
If people choose to select vehicles that are not from different categories then let them do so but please be fair to the vehicles that you select. Most people would not compare a VW Beetle with a Lincoln
The information give below is how conventional vehicles are compared.
Interior Insight Prius Milan Hybrid
Front Headroom 38.4 in. 39.1 in. 38.7 in.
Rear Headroom 35.9 in. 37.3 in. 37.8 in.
Front Shoulder Room 52.7 in. 55 in. 57.4 in.
Rear Shoulder Room 50.4 in. 52.9 in. 56.5 in.
Front Hip Room 51.6 in. 51 in. 54 in.
Rear Hip Room 48.7 in. 51.6 in. 53.3 in.
Front Leg Room 42.3 in. 41.9 in. 42.3 in.
Rear Leg Room 33.5 in. 38.6 in. 36.7 in.
Trunk Capacity None None 11.8 cu. ft.

Thanks for your time.

By: sean t

sean t — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 01:13:04 +0000

Just my 2 cent re "Trunk Open" / "Trunk Props" photos.
I think the photographer tried to put as much as possible inside the boundaries of the photo frames, hence it's hard to compare the roominess of each vehicle. What if we take the above "Trunk" photos for the biggest car first, trying to capture as much as poosible into the fram, then take other trunk photos for other cars at the SAME DISTANCE as the 1st one? Then we can put them all into perspective.
Other photos are OK if we don't take from the same distance.

By: usbseawolf2000

usbseawolf2000 — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:18:53 +0000

For the Insight, it listed the base price yet it shows the pictures for the EX model with Navi! That’s the fully loaded model with alloy wheels, GPS, etc… that costs $23,100!

By: Samie

Samie — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:51:32 +0000

Instead of the endless debate on this, sedan vs. hatchback the editors of this site should simply put under Body Type: Sedan/Hatchback for the Prius and Insight, simple solution... I'm w/ Charles, I usually don't agree that a hatchback is a Sedan, under that type of reasoning you could over simplify other styles of cars or say different types of SUV's.

As said a couple of days ago by several comments, the functionality and consumer preferences for a Hybrid Focus is different from the Insight and Pruis, it has conventional styling, closed trunk, more power, ect...

I have to say outstanding work on the comparison page! I wonder under the Estimated Annual Fuel Cost if there could be a hypothetical category of how many times it takes to fill up a tank for a whole year. I think in the future consumers may look at hybrids by seeing if they can reduce the number of times they need to fill-up each week or month. If a hybrid could save them say 10-30 fill-ups each year they may decide to choice a hybrid for the convince factor of not fighting the crowds at the gasoline station after work and maybe the ability to spend a extra few minutes with their families at night (per month). Sorry to bash on those who love fueling up their cars, so they can get a cold brew, cigs, 2liter fountain drink, beef jerky, and a lotto ticket...

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:04:32 +0000

The definitions for sedan and hatchback are not universal. Merriam-Webster, for example, defines sedan as a two- or four-door vehicles that seats four; and a coupe as a two-door vehicle that seats two. Many sources consider a hatchback as a kind of sedan.

By: Charles

Charles — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:18:04 +0000

There are at least two mistakes in the Prius/Fusion/Insight comparison. Boot the Prius and Insight are listed as sedans, when both are hatchbacks.