Comments on: First Drive: The Mini Cooper Clubman

By: mountain rotors

mountain rotors — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 07:16:07 +0000

That is quite a new style from Mini. This Mini Cooper Clubman is definitely larger compare to their small and compact cars. I’m quite sure many consumers are quite anxious to see what’s more good to see on this Clubman. I also hope that I could get a chance to test drive it very soon.

By: ernie magnelli

ernie magnelli — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:02:46 +0000

i just put a down payment on a new 2008 clubman did i make a mistake – the net is full of smut on the mini coopers – on problems and poor service

verry concerned.??

By: Missy

Missy — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 13:20:21 +0000

why are all these car companies keeping the diesel away from us? they have no plans to bring the diesel to the US yet it gets 70+ MPG! biodiesel is the way to go!

By: ADVILL

ADVILL — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:18:06 +0000

Agree with editor, hybrid is becoming a "concept" in marketing areas more than a reality, for the time being, new common rail injection engines, both diesel and gas, plus alternatives around increasing power-reducing size alternatives will be common.

Prepare to see cars with 1.2 L and around 200HP, emission figures for this is quite similar with "hydrids" as Lexus 460. Mercedes Benz, Citroen,Toyota, have this designs in the market already.

By: Steve 001

Steve 001 — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 06:47:33 +0000

Don't forget the other way to save on fuel use: drive less, and car pool. An SUV with 4 people in it gets better people-miles/gallon than one person in a Prius. 4 people riding bikes do even better.

By: David

David — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 05:04:20 +0000

I'm glad were all here... This site just opened wide-up because of us. We all care about what's happening to the world, and want to push for the best things that are good for us, and good for the environment.

Like everyone said, there's going to be a middle road between the just now starting companies like detroit electric, Zap, and Tesla. They are all going to blow the doors off of this bloated tank of greed, and free us from the hell we've created.

I really want to go out and buy a hybrid, E85, Diesel, electric Thing..But, who cares really as long as it works good, looks good, lasts long, and gets me to where I wana go without polluting the air, and polluting my wallet.

I believe the most pivotal time will occur when these pioneering companies and big dogs like Toyota collide and "sleep with each other"... 1000's of sweet sweet car babies should fall from the heavens and la-de-da, all of GM/GW's cars will be sent to the recycling plant, and a very small few will be heading to the museum.

By: domboy

domboy — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:31:09 +0000

I for one appreciate that the hybridcars.com editors and news posters are open-minded to the alternatives to hybrids. I don’t think there is going to be a “one-size-fits-all” solution. It’s probably going to be a mix of hybrid, diesel, and whatever else comes along.

By: MPguy

MPguy — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:43:25 +0000

Let’s not close our minds on Hybrids. The ultimate goal for me is to be energy independent. Whatever works! And let’s face it all the recent news is not about hybrid technology. Still waiting for a good safe lithium ion battery application or whatever trumps that.

By: uktiger

uktiger — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 07:36:05 +0000

I appreciate the information on fuel efficient cars. we still don’t know if petrol/electric is going to be the winner…

By: HybridCars.com Editor

HybridCars.com Editor — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 01:57:00 +0000

Hybrid Guy – Thanks for the feedback about our coverage of non-hybrids. Recently, we’ve been adding more coverage of small cars, E85, hydrogen, electric vehicles and diesel–because we think it’s important that hybrid owners and shoppers consider the full range of technologies and strategies for increasing fuel efficiency and reducing emissions. High-mpg and the environment were supposed to be the point of hybrids. Not all hybrids fit that bill anymore, and other options besides hybrids could be as productive. So, we will always feature gas-electric vehicles more prominently than the other options, and for some stretches we will focus only on hybrids, but a healthy and open discussion about all the options seems like the right thing to do right now. As always, we’re open to feedback.