The challenge for these automakers will be to match the appeal of the Mini, ... That's a car you're proud to own and it's fun to drive, with tremendous visual appeal that strikes a chord with just about everyone.

Honda has always been known as the cuddly environmentalist car company, and Toyota has kind of stolen that mantle from them. It would make sense that Honda is trying to broaden its hybrid selection.

It took the Japanese 20 years to understand this market and build appropriate cars.

It's what most savvy Fortune 500 chairmen would do. Everyone expected GM would look bad, and (GM Chairman Rick) Wagoner figured it couldn't look any worse so he pulled ahead bad news for 2006 into 2005.

The average Buick buyer is 69, the oldest demographic in the industry, and there aren't many new buyers coming in to replace them.

It's scary in a good way. We really cannot count on it, but if it does happen, it would be unbelievable -- how we could help our district.

It looks like a good third of people would consider a hybrid next time they buy.

It's like making a Christmas wish list -- a list if it happens .

It's absolutely what we'd have expected from Toyota. It's absolutely competitive.

A lot of people have gone to the Japanese, and it'll be tough for the domestics to get them back.