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March 2nd, 2005 10:36 PM #21Originally Posted by niwde11
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February 28th, 2006 05:22 PM #22people are forgetting the other factor in buying a hybrid car... to run an enviromentally friendly car. Pero most people wont buy it just because its less smoggy or abo than a lets say an Xwind. currently people dont give a hoot about the environment. Kaya i think dapat busses and jeepneys should be first converted with cleaner emmision engines... even its more expensive. Parang hindi ksi long term pagiisip ng goverment ntn. then maybe the public will start to buy hybrids to help our environment. Sanay na ksi mga tao sa abo sa streets... tsk tsk kala ni normal na to.
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February 28th, 2006 05:40 PM #23
Dude... ressurecting a SPORTS CAR thread to talk about Hybrids?
Actually the number one sore point of a hybrid is the gas engine. If what you really want to do is save gas, you don't buy a hybrid with a 1.5 engine (Prius) or a V6 (Accord Hybrid) or a V8 (Lexus Hybrid)... you simply buy a car with a smaller engine (1.1 Getz or 1.3 City vs 1.5 Prius ; 2.0 Accord vs. V6 ; Diesel Landcruiser vs. Lexus V8), or you commute.
Hybrids at the moment are for people who can afford the high price and who are either environmentally conscious or who want to appear to be. That's why most Prius owners are celebrities. It's more of an "in-thing" than a true cost saving measure for them... and in the meantime, their other car is a Ferrari...
Right now, Honda is trying to rectify the situation with its Hybrid Fit, which combines one of the most fuel-efficient-per-size engines in the world with Hybrid drive. They're vowing to make it cheap enough for people to afford, but it remains to be seen whether they can. This'll be better than most hybrids, because it doesn't rely solely on the hybrid system to attain good mileage.
When hybrids become cheaper, or when they become less reliant on expensive battery technology (i.e.: they get cheaper eco-friendly batteries or switch to light super-capacitors), then they'll become a true gas-saving measure.
But if we really want to conserve petroleum, electrics/fuel-cells (but only if the fueling infrastructure isn't petroleum dependent) and alternative fuel cars are the way to go. :D
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February 28th, 2006 06:10 PM #24
People there is already a thread that discusses about hybrid cars in general... kindaly move your discussion move there.
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February 28th, 2006 08:47 PM #25
It could also be that Japanese midsize cars are much more profitable than sports coupes.
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March 1st, 2006 05:15 PM #27
If we're continuing the original discussion, Japanese sports cars died out because they weren't practical. The first to go were the big boys, the RX7, 300ZX, the Supra and the 3000GT. This was due to spiralling gas prices of the time. The market downsized to the "budget" sports cars, the Integra, the Celica and the Eclipse. The Eclipse evolved into a bloated caricature of its former self, and became so... comfortable that it was hardly any sportier... or even as sporty... than four doors of the time. It went on going, but it was a miserable excuse for a "sports" car.
The Celica and Integra just killed the market for sports cars. Why? They were so safe, so dependable, so... predictable, that they made it difficult for other manufacturers to successfully market budget sports cars of their own. Thank God the Celica is dying out. The Integra deserves to live, though (survival of the fittest), because it's still a bargain of a sportster.
Nowadays, we're seeing the re-emergence of old nameplates... the RX8, the 350Z, the Mustang... but I fear that this is just like the old 70's resurgence in sportscars, or the 90's resurgence. They're coming in at a time when fuel economy is on everyone's minds again. This is a re-emerging market that may not last more than a few more years.
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March 1st, 2006 05:32 PM #28
mabalik lang ng konti sa hybrids...
i've been to honda QA last sat...
dadalhin daw dito yung civic hybrid 1.3 cvt... pero di pa sinabi price...
im sure mahal yan... pero its a start for hybrid cars to enter our country...
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March 1st, 2006 11:58 PM #29Toyota is still selling sports cars: Celica and MR-S.
Hopefully, we'll get to see the new Nissan "skyline" GT-R R35 this year. But is it a Nissan? or is it a Renault? or is it an American-designed sportscar with a Japanese badge on it (because they say it's based on a 350Z)?
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March 2nd, 2006 12:55 AM #30Originally Posted by pixelparadigm
Originally Posted by pixelparadigm
The next Skyline(Infiniti G37?) will continue to use Nissan's RWD/AWD FM-platform, most likely updated.
PS: the current gen Skyline is called V35, so the next one will most likely be called V36. The high powered AWD GT-R model will return to Nissan's new Skyline lineup. So I guess it will be called the Skyline GT-R (V36).
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