You want a luxury SUV that isn't blinged out or foreign. Your expectation of what luxury entails is fairly low. You don't like driving but you're too lazy to ride a bicycle. You give money to groups that support eco-friendly candidates but you don't actually vote.

You live by the motto "between here and there is better than either here or there." You spent $30,000 on your last five cars, combined. You're holding out for a diesel version. You realize it ain't this easy being green; making a meaningful reduction in your own environmental impact requires the kind of sacrifice and commitment that can't be achieved by driving a luxury SUV. You couldn't give a damn about the previous sentence.

Speed Merchants: No

Fashion Victims: Yes

Treehuggers: Yes

Mack Daddies: No

Tuner Crowd: No

Hairdressers: Yes

Penny Pinchers: No

Euro Snobs: No

Working Stiffs: No

Technogeeks: No

Poseurs: Yes

Soccer Moms: Yes

Nascar Dads: No

Golfing Grandparents: Yes

• Toyota Highlander Hybrid

• Toyota Prius

• Lexus RX400h

• Chevy Tahoe Hybrid

• Saturn VUE Green Line

• Visiting New Orleans to help rebuild houses for lower-middle-class white people

• Manufacturer: Mercury

• Model tested: Mariner Hybrid

• Model year: 2008

• Base Price: $25,765

• Price as Tested: $31,000

• Engine type: 2.3-Liter I4 Electric Hybrid

• Horsepower: 133 (gas) + 94 (electric)

• Torque: 152lb/ft @ 4,250 RPM

• Transmission: Electronic CVT

• Curb Weight: 3,638 lbs

• LxWxH: 174.7" x 71.1" x 68.0"

• Wheelbase: 103.1"

• Tires: P235/70R16

• Drive type: FWD

• 0 - 60 mph: 10.7 Seconds

• 1/4-mile: 17.8 seconds

• EPA Fuel economy city/highway: 34/30

* Jalopnik Average: 26.1

• NHTSA crash test rating: N/A

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