Probably true, alas. But I'm hoping that with the introduction of clean diesel in the US and the increasing price of regular gas, that will change. We shall see though. Still, I want a biodiesel electric hybrid rally car damn it.
Judah On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 10:30 AM, Scott Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > It'd be nice, but by the time you get a Peugeot into the states and make > it street legal, you're talking substantially more than 40k > > Judah McAuley wrote: > > Meh. Looks like more hype than actual deliverable and $40K? I know that's > > msrp, but a lot of hybrid cars have been selling at or above msrp because > of > > demand and low production. > > > > Personally, I'll take the Peugeot 307 Hybrid Turbodiesel. Race car > heritage, > > excellent clean diesel engine, electric assist motor and for in-town use, > > you can switch it to electric-only mode. > > > > http://www.supercarnews.net/2006-peugeot-307-cc-hybride-hdi-concept > > > > 70 mpg (US) and resonable acceleration and good top speed. Now I just > need > > to get the money for a rally car based on it... > > > > Judah > > > > On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 10:18 AM, Scott Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >wrote: > > > > > >> ehh.. > >> > >> remember that's MSRP (Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price). > >> > >> It'll probably come in substantially less than that: (30 - 36K) > >> depending on demand. I'm already on the mailing list. > >> I don't think we'll ever see gas prices low enough again to not warrant > >> looking at an electric vehicle. > >> > >> Now, including shipping to Trinidad...... that's a different story :) > >> > >> Vivec wrote: > >> > >>> http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=12896 > >>> > >>> Looks neat, too darn expensive though! :-) > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:269739 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
