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That should complete Franco's bingo card for the thread, going off topic.
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When Toyota decides all their Hilux's will be hybrid, we'll see a huge jump in hybrids again. For the rest of the year, I'm willing to wager that hybrid numbers continue to grow like crazy based on Toyota alone and their change in strategy. And the comparison to this time last year will (month by month) will look like people have gone all in on hybrids whilst it's just Toyota purchases where consumers can't option anything but a hybrid.
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I'm somewhat interested in the new Suzuki Swift hybrid even though it's the latest thing ever
12V 'hybrid' with a 3KW electric motor, that's why it costs cents in the dollar because it's a joke ![]() It's the first time that segment has had someone introduce a new technology to it in the last 20 years |
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Swift hybrid has a 1.2L, 61kw/112nm.
Don't think the electric motor is doing much...
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I feel Suzuki would have been better served by just using their 1.4L 'boosterjet' engine across the entire range rather than dealing with the complexity of introducing the world's most useless electric motor |
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but what it failed to understand is that regionalisation was still a very important part of global sales. Ford Europe actually carried the whole of Ford during the 2006 to 2009 period but then, head office decided to stinge out on proper product refreshes and the twenty teens saw steady decline as Ford missed vital changes in market tastes in Europe, from ther it was a slippery slope to today. Quote:
create another income stream the size of Ford Europe. What Ford didn’t understand was the huge up front costs in maintaining the freshness of premium platforms and vehicles. Warranty costs were killing them as well to the point that Ford regretted ever buying Jaguar. The big upside was Volvo, that brand integrated well with Ford and gave it injections of important technology like CANBUS and platform designs with a lot of inbuilt crease protection. Volvo did its best with aging product to basically cover the mounting losses with J/LR And Aston Martin. One of the kindest things about the J/LR sale was Ford’s condition that the new owner fund the designated platform development program ove the coming years ~$8 billion back then) And the the worst part was J/LR throwing the toys out of the cot because Lincoln was given a DEW based vehicle (their platform developed at Ford) and their utter refusal to integrate with Ford. In the end, it’s fair to say they Ford had no business owning J/LR, not when it couldn’t even manage Lincoln properly Quote:
have every right to be aggrieved when GM took the lazy way to exist Europe but also RHD markets. The experts will tell us ther wasn’t a thing to be done to save low volume Ford Australia but I find it amazing how much money Ford spent trying to win Chinese fans for what looks like becoming a rout there, a fraction of that money invested in Australia may have seen a small but lucrative return all on the smell of an oily rag…. |
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It's not the peak numbers. It's where it is available. That 112 would be at high up. Be good to see the torque curve
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This is a clean motor co2 emissions below 100 - 89 I fhink |
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4/4.5 ltrs per 100 km is bloody good You have to have base model five speed ring the living daylights out of it while roaring round corners and roundabouts But yeah it’s a motor with low numbers but it’s all about the carbon emissions and fuel economy |
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Q Ford in Brisbane have 24 new and near new Escapes for sale
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