Hybrids are a very popular choice these days among conscientious car buyers and it is not difficult to understand why. When you couple that with the sky-high price of gas needed to run most conventional cars, it is not a big mystery why hybrid cars are so enormously popular. A fuel efficient car that gets great gas mileage and cuts down on the destruction of the ozone layer while simultaneously offering a comfortable ride with less engine noise has definitely got some good things going for it. While it may require a larger initial investment to purchase a hybrid over the average car, the lower fuel costs do help to compensate.

There is quite a bit to be said in favor of these cars as they begin to take their place in the showrooms of midrange car dealers around the world.

The average consumer may still be questioning the wisdom of buying a hybrid over the cars they've known and trusted for so many years. Since the hybrid does still use gasoline in conjunction with the recharging electric engine, how much better does it actually do on gas? Can they be driven as far or as long as the average regular car before they need to be refueled? Will they end up holding up traffic because the new car can't go as fast as the gas powered cars around it? Can it do everything a regular gasoline driven car can do? In short, is it really worth the trouble to own hybrid cars?

The truth is that hybrids do have a very comparable amount of power to their gas driven counterparts, they even have a very impressive towing capacity, even if it unusable due to the manufacturer's warranty decision. Though hybrid engines do you have a significant towing capacity, the manufacturers have decided to avoid potential problems by placing restrictions on these cars which will invalidate the warranty should you attach a trailer to it.

Hybrids have consistently proven themselves to be just as impressive in every way as their gasoline driven predecessors. With the fuel efficiency that they offer, they can be driven even further before a refueling is necessary, and they can easily keep up with the flow of traffic without any difficulty. Since they consume less fuel, they also produce a great deal less environmentally threatening emissions. This means they provide better mileage while also emitting less fumes into the environment. How can the cars of the past even compete with these cars of the future?