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The cars have indeed found a small niche among affluent customers like Jonathan Wales. The 55-year-old finance director bought a Lexus RX450 hybrid uggs boots for women uggs boots for women uggs boots for womenSUV in 2010 to get him through snow and into London on his 40-mile commute.

“I was looking for something comfortable, but fast, luxurious and economical,” said Wales. “It’s performed really well,” and the quiet ride of the electric motor has been an added benefit.

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BMW will hope to woo Wales, who plans to stick with the technology, with a hybrid version of the 5-Series early next year, followed uggs boots for women uggs boots for women uggs boots for womenby a gasoline-electric variant of the best- selling 3-Series in the fall. The two models will add to the hybrid 7-Series and X6 models currently on sale, and give the Munich-based carmaker the broadest portfolio among its closest German competitors.