Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Why a hybrid

[Britt2Asa (Britt2Asa]

A new BMW 320d or 520d gets 55mpg or 50mpg respectively. As we are taxed  
here on CO2 as well, it has very very low CO2. Great cars, full luxury, great  
handling and just a little slower than a much bigger engine (lots of torque you 
 
see). Every time I visit the folks back in Florida and see how crap my fellow 
 americans drive I do wonder why you need anything faster anyway for a daily  
driver......(or if the diesel aint in the USA, the 2.0t Audi isn't a bad  car)
 
Britt

Phil  wrote <<30 years ago I worked with a fellow who drove either an Audi  
Fox or
>   VW manual shift 2 door sta wag....he averaged  well into the 40's (>>

I can match that wihout goinig back so far  - As recently as 1995/96 the 
E-Class Mercedes with the then "new" common  rail technology was seeing upper 
30s to low 40s MPG's.    Granted, to get 40+ the driver had to be *very* 
gentle with the loud pedal  - but it was entirely possible.  The E Class is a 
mid-sized luxury  car that's not turbo charged  which was upgraded until it 
became NLA  in the US.

>From what I've heard this kind of economy would be hard  for the hyvrids to 
beat ---

Last I checked they were reasonably  priced - in the mid teens IIRC.  With 
diesel costs $4+ now they may  still be low priced for the kind of car it  
is....

Later---

Larry T (66 MGB, 74 911, 91  300D)
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