great info .. thanks everyone
for me, being more environmentally friendly and having decent performance is a signficant selling point
i agree, i think on average it'd be quite a while before any savings are incured for gas, perhaps future hybrids will do even better although some are already impressive, and hopefully there will be even more tax savings
i've been checking out vehicles mentioned here ... no winner yet, hopefully i'll post again soon with my choice
Accumulator, I haven't looked at this in detail but at first glance I think it has some of the features you mentioned:
http://www.subaru.com/shop/overview....ED_7-PASSENGER
this one is a 7-seater, there a 5-seater too