Lexus Flies McCartney's Hybrid to England
Paul McCartney got a new hybrid car, but the environmental value was canceled out before he could even start it. Lexus gave him the vehicle, worth $158,000, but instead of sending it by ship, the company had it flown from Japan to England.
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STEVE INSKEEP, host:
Good morning, I'm Steve Inskeep. Paul McCartney got a new hybrid car, but the environmental value was canceled out before he could even start it. Lexus gave him the vehicle, worth $158,000, but instead of sending it by ship, the company had it flown from Japan to England.
A top environmentalist says that flight was the same as driving the car around the world 300 times, which is bad news for the former front man of Wings. It's MORNING EDITION.
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