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The Honda CR-Z is a great car, it's too bad so much focus is paid to 0-60 times.

I think it's a really innovative blend of driver involvement, education about efficient driving, and sporty driving dynamics. A really cool "hack" of a car.

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Reminds me of the problems Transmeta had with their low-power processors. The laptops made with them had like 8-hour battery life, but at that time, everyone was looking at performance benchmarks and thought they were crap. Intel bought them and later used a bunch of their tech in mobile processors. I think people will eventually learn to appreciate good mileage, but the first 5 years or so will be pretty rough in the market.

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