Cheapest Hybrid Car

It's kind of frustrating to want to get your hands on a second-hand hybrid (i.e. electric/petrol engined) car but find they all seem to be £8k+ in price. I just don't have that amount of money to throw around.

However, I've kept going and discovered that the Toyota Prius and Honda Insight aren't the only game in town. The problem with them is that they're too recent to have come down sufficiently in price. What I really need is a hybrid that's been around for a while and was made in large enough numbers to be easy to find now...

Enter the Honda Civic IMA. They've been around since 2003, they're hybrids and you can find them for as little as £4k. Apparently they're a good drive, reliable, a lot cheaper to run than my current car, and have a third less carbon emissions.

Worth a look!

Note: Apparently hybrid sales in the States have dropped dramatically recently - especially the Prius. I guess this is down to the recession, the imminent arrival of a range of electric vehicles and, in the case of the Prius, bad press with all those recalls.