I live in Minnesota and require 4 wheel drive. Chevy has jumped on the hybrid bandwagon (which i think is good). They are now trying to do it with their LARGE SUV. They are just slapping a "green" saying and a "green" associated name on it. They are doing this to to try and appeal to people that think an SUV will make them cool and it also helps them Justify spending extra money for something that says hybrid on it and lets look at exactly what you get. First off you get a whopping 20 miles per gallon fuel economy. Give me a break this is a hybrid. Chevy, impress me and quit jacking me around. I know you have the technology to give me an SUV that gets at least 40 MPG. This is just a ploy by the automakers to keep coming out with a "newer and better" modle next year and the year after. In 5 years the 2008 Chevy Tahoe Hybrid will be considered a "gas hog" You will be ridiculed by your artsy fartsy neighbor who just got his 2013 Chevy Tahoe that now gets over 60 MPG and can also run strictly on electricity. Greencar.com had the balls to award chevytahoe the hybrid of the year. I can imagine how this went. "hey everyone, um Chevy said they would give us all a new Tahoe to "test" for the next 2 years if we vote for it." The Tahoe only gets a 30% increas in fuel economy when compared to similar vehicles with standard V-8s...big fuckin deal! The price increase for the hybrid version does not offset the savings in fuel. Plus the hybrid logo across the bottom of the doors looks pussyish. Automakers come back when you have something that can really benefit your customers and quit taking advantage of the general public with you gimics.
I give the 2008 Chevy Hybrid 1 flying monkey out of 5 flying monkeys.
The only reason that it got 1 flying monkey is because it has potential to be a pimped out ride. The body style looks fly and if you got it murdered out balck on black with some 22s and a light chrome package i would maybe take it for a spin up and down Hennepin.
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