Supercar Project

I find it rather troubling that the name of the project was never mentioned...

PNGV = Partnership for a Next Generation of Vehicle

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(donee @ Feb 24 2007, 08:01 AM) [snapback]395800[/snapback]</div>

From the article:

Isn't that about the mileage that the 2009 Prius is supposed to get? Or pretty darn close? I guess Toyota beat them to it.

 

Did anyone take a close look at the GM car?

Three supercars.

The GM car has only half the range of the others and weighs the most. But it does get a *little* more mpg. And it sounds a lot like the Volt they're proposing. It's also the only one with back wheel skirts. Which I supsect the Volt won't have and the mileage will drop as a result. Making the Ford and Chrysler equal but more, with more range.

Oh, and they're all diesel/electric hybrids.

The Ford Prodigy could have been the Prius. If they could have pushed it and marketed it, it would be the competition to the Prius. So sorry, no tears for Ford.

Can anyone tell me that American car buyers really demand that extra 2.5 seconds 0-60? Really? We absolutely have to have it?

I don't feel any sluggishness in my Prius. Opposite in fact.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Godiva @ Feb 24 2007, 12:09 PM) [snapback]395916[/snapback]</div>

Except that Fords break down every time someone in China blows his nose and Toyotas last a quarter of a million miles.

 

Whatever happened to Lincoln's concept of a new freedom and equality? Have we completely forgotten 'government of the people, by the people, for the people'? Oh, right, that was last millennium. Forget people and fuel standards. A toast to profits!

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(daniel @ Feb 24 2007, 07:10 PM) [snapback]395973[/snapback]</div>

Well, yeah. But people ignore that stuff to 'buy American'. Those people that wouldn't buy a Prius because it's Japanese might have bought the Ford. And they wouldn't know the difference. They take their regular cars in for repair constantly, why should this one be any different?

What I'm saying it that all three could have had gas/electric hybrids of some sort on the market when Toyota introduced the Prius or at least before the 2004 redesign hit the fan. Instead of playing catch-up now and complaining and whining...they *could* have been competitive.

Instead they backed the wrong horse, they made the wrong decision, and they took way too long to recognize it and act on it. Lost opportunity, lost market share, lost publicity. It will take much more effort and money to "catch-up" than it would have to have moved forward at the time. Because now the name "hybrid" has almost become synonymous with Toyota.

Prius=iPod.

And look at how the other players are trying to catch up to Apple.

And when their hybrids do hit the market, they'll all be compared with the Toyota models.

 

great article. i posted a link to it two years ago. really sucks how the big three scammed us. that is why i am sorta glad to see them suffer. first its the Supercar fund, then its the EV 1, the list goes on and on.