>And I didn't go hybrid because I wanted to keep my trunk
>space. The battery pack takes up more room than I like, and
>the car's design already makes fitting stuff in the trunk an
>interesting exercise. Had they released the car as a hatch
>(like the Mondeo is in Europe) it would work much better, but
>they probably wouldn't sell them at all

was a fine piece of engineering.
it looked just like the sedan, but with this HUGE trunk aperture.

I was like, "THAT would sell here"