Hybrid Car - More Fun with Less Gas

(AP) - Visiting Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, center in grey suit, and his wife Kiyoko listen to a briefing at the Toyota factory in Tianjin, China, Saturday, Dec. 29, 2007. Fukuda urged China to partner with Japan in tackling global issues such as climate change, saying improving relations gave the Asian giants a unique opportunity to take leading roles. At right is Toyota Motor Corp's chairman Hiroshi Okuda. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

(AP) - Visiting Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, center in grey suit, and his wife Kiyoko listen to a briefing at the Toyota factory in Tianjin, China, Saturday, Dec. 29, 2007. Fukuda urged China to partner with Japan in tackling global issues such as climate change, saying improving relations gave the Asian giants a unique opportunity to take leading roles. At right is Toyota Motor Corp's chairman Hiroshi Okuda. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

(AP) - Workers at the Toyota factory assemble cars during a visit by Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, unseen, in Tianjin, China, Saturday, Dec. 29, 2007. Fukuda urged China to partner with Japan in tackling global issues such as climate change, saying improving relations gave the Asian giants a unique opportunity to take leading roles. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

(AP) - Workers at the Toyota factory assemble cars during a visit by Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, unseen, in Tianjin, China, Saturday, Dec. 29, 2007. Fukuda urged China to partner with Japan in tackling global issues such as climate change, saying improving relations gave the Asian giants a unique opportunity to take leading roles. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

(Reuters) - A policeman gestures outside the Tianjin Faw Toyota Motor plant while Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda visits the factory in Tianjin municipality December 29, 2007. Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda played a friendly game of catch on his visit to China on Saturday, a symbol of warming ties between the North Asian rivals despite an intractable row over gas resources in disputed waters. REUTERS/Vincent Du (CHINA)

(Reuters) - A policeman gestures outside the Tianjin Faw Toyota Motor plant while Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda visits the factory in Tianjin municipality December 29, 2007. Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda played a friendly game of catch on his visit to China on Saturday, a symbol of warming ties between the North Asian rivals despite an intractable row over gas resources in disputed waters. REUTERS/Vincent Du (CHINA)

(Reuters) - A policeman stands outside the Tianjin Faw Toyota Motor plant while Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda visits the factory in Tianjin municipality December 29, 2007. Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda played a friendly game of catch on his visit to China on Saturday, a symbol of warming ties between the North Asian rivals despite an intractable row over gas resources in disputed waters. REUTERS/Vincent Du (CHINA)

(Reuters) - A policeman stands outside the Tianjin Faw Toyota Motor plant while Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda visits the factory in Tianjin municipality December 29, 2007. Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda played a friendly game of catch on his visit to China on Saturday, a symbol of warming ties between the North Asian rivals despite an intractable row over gas resources in disputed waters. REUTERS/Vincent Du (CHINA)

(AP) - An unidentified man looks over a long line of unsold 2008 Tacoma pickup trucks at a Toyota dealership in the southeast Denver suburb of Centennial, Colo., on Sunday, Nov. 4, 2007. Auto industry analysts are predicting a lackluster end to an already dismal year, the worst in about a decade. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

(AP) - An unidentified man looks over a long line of unsold 2008 Tacoma pickup trucks at a Toyota dealership in the southeast Denver suburb of Centennial, Colo., on Sunday, Nov. 4, 2007. Auto industry analysts are predicting a lackluster end to an already dismal year, the worst in about a decade. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)