Although I am a good four years from buying my next vehicle, I have already decided I want something like this for my next car.  This, of course, contrasts sharply with my bud Jim’s recent purchase of what he “lovingly” calls his teal tank:  a Honda Passport.

Hybrid Mini Cooper: engines in its wheels, 0-60 in 4.5
Snip from Treehugger:

A British engineering firm has put together a high-performance hybrid version of BMW’s Mini Cooper. The PML Mini QED has a top speed of 150 mph, a 0-60 mph time of 4.5 seconds. The car uses a small gasoline engine with four 160 horsepower electric motors – one on each wheel. The car has been designed to run for four hours of combined urban/extra urban driving, powered only by a battery and bank of ultra capacitors. The QED supports an all-electric range of 200-250 miles and has a total range of about 932 miles (1,500 km). For longer journeys at higher speeds, a small conventional internal combustion engine (ICE) is used to re-charge the battery. In this hybrid mode, fuel economies of up to 80mpg can be achieved.

Link (Thanks, Wayne Correia)