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Stars and their Hybrid Cars
By Scott Harker
Probably the first star to publicly endorse hybrid cars was Cameron Diaz. Diaz has for sometime been the proud owner of a Toyota Prius . She has been very good for the entire hybrid cars industry, despite her original faux pas in comparing her hybrid (with the assistance of a chat show host) to a golf cart. Diaz has been a vocal and eloquent exponent of hybrid cars. With her undoubted "green credentials" she has helped broaden the appeal of this new innovation and encouraged many, whom may not have otherwise have considered buying a hybrid car.
The list of stars choosing to drive hybrid cars is on the increase.
Leonardo Di Caprio is another long time enthusiast of hybrid cars. Di Caprio publicly stated, in 2002, when many Americans were still unfamiliar with hybrid cars, that his Prius was just like any other car, but he only fills it up every three weeks. When someone whose very word and deed is watched with anticipation by the world's press, such a seemingly innocuous mention is enough to get hybrid cars into the minds of your average American, in a way that a million dollar advertising campaign can only dream of.
Alec Baldwin likes his hybrid car for a different reason. As well as, presumably, appreciating its environmental credentials, he says he likes the anonymity that driving a small car can give.
Larry David the writer of the hit tv comedy Seinfeld and the star of Curb Your Enthusiasm is also an enthusiastic owner of a hybrid car, or at least he was. His wife gave away his car as a prize in a sweepstakes to promote the campaign to "stop Global Warming " and didn't mention it to him. (He can afford a new hybrid.)
Tom Hanks is also a firm believer in hybrid cars, not too much of a surprise as Hanks is also noted for his environmental works and concerns. He is also an active participant of the group, Nature Conservancy.
Many other top stars are also joining in the move to own hybrid cars such as: Harrison Ford, Jack Black, Woody Harrelson, Susan Sarandon, and Kurt Russell. This will undoubtedly give fresh impetus to the drive for lower emission motoring and boost the sales of hybrid cars. In fact, there are now so many stars driving hybrid cars that Laurie David, the environmental campaigner and wife of Larry David, was quoted as saying, "while parking at an awards ceremony, how would they find their Toyota Prius among all the other hybrid cars."
If you are still finding the cost of a new hybrid car too much, but want to travel like a star, then there is at least one Los Angles based limousine company ready to help you. You can hire, complete with chauffeur, a hybrid limousine. You, too, can drive like the stars, at least for the night. But then again, if you really want to be a star all your own, just buy a hybrid car and drive it yourself. That's apparently the Hollywood way to travel.
