I agree. There are many great cars that could and should be offered to the North American market, which aren't.
While this may not be everyone's dream car, I bet they could sell millions here. I know it's just what I'd like, for running Rover to the park, and to do the shopping in. I'd trade my minivan in a heartbeat for one. http://www.conceptcarz.com/z21157/Chevrolet-Cruze-Station-Wagon.aspx Ed 300E On 26 February 2012 22:33, Rich Thomas <richthomas79td...@constructivity.net > wrote: > Last summer in Spain I rented a Peugeot diesel wagon, 5spd, it was brand > new when I picked it up at the airport. I was pleasantly surprised at what > a nice car it was -- hauled 4 of us and all our stuff for 9 days on > high-speed roads and back roads and in town, A/C running (blowing ice > cold!) and I figured (with all the conversions of liters and kms) that it > was getting over 40mpg. I really wonder why we cannot buy cars like that > here, and get over all this nonsense with electric scooters that are of > limited usefulness in all but very restricted circumstances. Even a Pious > does not do much better than that, and probably not as good in highway > driving. > > I don't have strong opinions about them otherwise except -- let the car > companies build and sell them without subsidies from the gummint (i.e., you > and me, or those who pay taxes) and let them live or die in the market. If > someone wants to pay huge money for one, so be it, I hope they are happy. > But don't make me pay for their indulgence when there are much better > alternatives out there (e.g., the Peugeot diesel wagon). > > --R > > On 2/26/12 10:21 PM, Walt Zarnoch wrote: > >> Saw one in 2K10 at google I/O, they were still billing it as an electric >> car at that point, no mention of a fuel system. >> >> My understanding is that it was designed as a commuter car to get you from >> point A.0 to A.5 since point B.0 was a bit too far away. >> >> Walt >> On Feb 26, 2012 10:12 PM, "Allan Streib"<str...@cs.indiana.edu> wrote: >> >> Hans Neureiter<diese...@gmail.com> writes: >>> >>> For four days in a row, the fully charged battery lasted only 25 miles >>>> before the Volt switched to the reserve gasoline engine. >>>> >>> I thought the Volt was a series hybrid, the engine powers a generator >>> which drives the wheel motors. It has a modest battery pack to recover >>> energy from braking and to help out off the line, but it was never >>> really intended to go far on batteries alone. Is that correct? >>> >>> Eric calculated the car got 30 mpg including the 25 miles it ran on the >>>> battery. >>>> >>> Disappointing. A modern diesel in a similar-sized car would do close to >>> double that. >>> >>> Allan >>> -- >>> 1983 300D >>> 1979 300SD >>> >>> ______________________________**_________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >>> To search list archives >>> http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/<http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com<http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> >>> >>> ______________________________**_________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >> To search list archives >> http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/<http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com<http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> >> >> > ______________________________**_________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives > http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/<http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com<http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
