Base price: $17,500
Price as tested: $18,600
Powertrain: 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine; five-speed manual transmission; front-wheel drive
Horsepower: 148 at 6,500 rpm
Torque: 135 pound-feet at 4,500 rpm
Length: 180.7 inches
Width: 69.1 inches
Curb weight: 2,868 pounds
Miles per gallon (EPA): 25 city, 33 highway
Just as Lawrence Kazmerski, a top official at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, was about to give the keynote address at the University of Minnesota's annual E3 conference at the RiverCentre in St. Paul, the lights went out, bathing the audience in darkness and a deep sense of irony.
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