Scramble

CNN: Detroit lags Honda in hybrid race - U.S. automakers scramble as demand shifts to fuel-efficient vehicles, while rival Honda develops low-cost hybrids for 2009.

Analysts say the new (Honda) hybrids, including a gas-electric hybrid-only model to fight the popular Toyota Prius and a hybrid version of the subcompact Fit, will hit the market at the right time, with gasoline prices continuing to rise.

"It's a game-changer for the short term if they can get the products in the marketplace in the next couple of years before the domestics can come up with a significant volume of products that get high mileage..."

Who is running Detroit?

You would have to be completely incapacitated to not see this coming. I should be working for Detroit, you should be working for Detroit. Its exasperating.