Anticipation Builds In UK For V60 Plug-In Diesel; US Gas Variant To Follow

why is america a second-class state? "diesel hybrid, Volvo recently told us, is not in consideration for America"

Anticipation Builds In UK For V60 Plug-In Diesel; US Gas Variant To Follow Published March 26, 2012 By Huw Evans Volvo V60 Plug-in Diesel Hybrid. While British consumers are eagerly awaiting Volvo’s limited-production V60 Plug-in Diesel Hybrid wagon, in a few years Americans will also get a plug-in gas-electric crossover. The idea of a diesel hybrid, Volvo recently told us, is not in consideration for America given the market share these vehicles have, but in the UK, the V60 was voted by one green car Web site as its “most exciting green car.” Actually with 30-percent of the vote, the V60 received double the votes of the next favored Chevy Volt/Vauxhall Ampera which got a second-place finish of 11 percent ahead of the Citroen DS5 and Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid. So what’s so special about the V60? The all-wheel-drive wagon costs more, but delivers more as well. The V60 use...

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