I am not claiming the Volt is the next best thing since sliced bread. However the technology is on the right track. And there are times when common sense says do I really need this boat anchor I'm driving around in. Ford is doing some amazing stuff in fuel mileage and smaller cars. Back in 2008 as I said to my son we can take the gas guzzler and all your junk or we can take the Focus and have an extra $300 to spend. Gas then was 3.96. He figured it out and we took the Focus.