The torque is the issue I have with the hybrids. I think its a valiant effort to solve a plethora of issues relating to fossil fuels, but honestly, as long as I'm a greedy consumer, I need to be able to pull my boat up hills with 4 of my buddies in the back.

So far the only vehicles that can do that are SUV's and we all know that you're not going to be able to get 50mpg on an SUV until these TDI engines graduate to provide more torque. They may be fine for a little golf, but until they can power my 6000 lbs, 7' tall trooper + trailer up a hill, then I'm going to have to stick to my gas guzzler and just bend over grab my ankles and take it at the gas pump.