It's always interesting when non-automotive people decide to create a list of top cars in some category. In this case, the business and financial writers over at Forbes decided to pick ten technologically advanced green cars. Some of the selections - the Honda FCX Clarity and the Chevy Volt - seem obvious. The inclusion of four diesel vehicles among the ten is also an interesting choice. However, there are some some strange choices. Why is the Chrysler Aspen hybrid included instead of the Chevy Tahoe, considering that the latter is already in production. Although the new Lincoln MKS and the Hyundai Elantra Touring may be fine cars, there is nothing particularly exceptional about either one. Even the EcoBoost GTDI V-6 coming to the Lincoln in 2009 is not new technology, although Ford is trying to make it mainstream. The Elantra has nothing that any number of other cars already on the market also have. What cars would you include on the list and which would you drop?

[Source: Forbes]

A-ha, now we're talking. If you're in the market for a 1/16-scale hydrogen fuel cell car (and didn't see anything you liked in our Top 10 list of green toy cars), take a look at what Corgi's offering. The UK toy company told Marketing Week it has "beaten Detroit to the punch" and will offer a fuel cell car that runs on water for sale. What makes this one special (since there are other such toy cars avaialbe, e.g., the H-Racer and Hydrocar) is that it was designed by Luigi Colani, best known for wearing a lot of white and designing concept vehicles for companies like BMW, Mercedes and Corvetter. This RC car will be unveiled in early February at the Toy Fair Nürnberg. The fuel cells are provided by Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies, a Singapore-based company.

[Source: Marketing News via Winding Road]

I've never used the deal-of-the-day site POZY, but I'm familiar with the Woot-like concept behind the site. There's one thing available for sale, and when it sells out, it's gone. Today, the deal is a real fuel cell car, the Fuel Cell X7. The cost is $80. Sure, no one but your hamster or Barbie will be able to ride in the X7, but I've seen these sort of demonstration toys at the Santa Monica Alt Car Expo and other places, and kids certainly gravitate towards the water-filled car on a table (you can see this happen in the background of my video interview with Mike Samaroo of the LTU F-Zero racing team). My guess is that science teachers and similar folk will be interested in this. I have no idea if $80 for the X7 is a good deal, but it looks like the toy usually sells for $25 more. Oh, and it's a kit, so you have to build it yourself. Still, once you do, you'll be able to tell everyone you built your own hydrogen-powered car and maybe tell Jeremy Piven all about it.

[Source: POZY]