It doesn't have the pickup a 22-year old kid would like. It should be for a good midlife crisis. They're politically correct in any circle. Hybrids' gas engines stop running when the cars halt more than a moment, then restart instantly when the driver hits the gas. I've admitted to having it up to 85 mph - but in a 75 zone, so I wasn't that far over.
Hybrids are contagious.
I think it's the first new car he ever owned. He sees hybrids as a way to improve Austin's air quality - bad enough that it barely skirts trouble under the federal Clean Air Act. Their novelty is fun. Now I almost never look at the gauge. I go weeks without buying gas.