How about developing our local Camry Hybrid on LPG - would make it run at the cost of a 600cc motorbike.
On the matter of Volvo - now owned by the Chinese (Geely car company) we'd soon see some cheap (shocking) electric/diesel Chinese version. They are setting up their second Volvo plant in China now the first being near Shanghai, the city where Geely is based. See http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304231204576403570682321238.html
BTW TRETCHIKOFF, Wow, the Amazon!! Leaves a bad taste in my mouth :( I spent part of my teenage years getting yelled at for being car sick in the back seat of a Amazon 123gt - courtesy of an enthusiastic Dad. Here is a trip down Amazon memory lane...
