Comments on: Green News from Frankfurt: Reality Check

By: Db

Db — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 15:26:34 +0000

I would like to see more crash/collision statistics on the Hybrids. No one ever discusses the safety of those batteries and what happens if they are impaled in an accident!

By: ADavis

ADavis — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 17:13:09 +0000

It got good mileage, but diesel became more costly that premium gas and the engin block cracked (had it replaced and it cracked agan). Sold the car at less than 80,000miles. We usually keep our cars much longer than that, and diesel is dirty, even as a biofuel.

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 15:00:58 +0000

Seems to me that Ive been reading about 50 mpg cars for about 20 years now. And im supposed to get excited about a “hybrid” car that gets 45 mpg! I dont think so. http://money.cnn.com/2005/09/23/Autos/hybrid_alternatives/index.htm
Electric cars are exciting to me. Although still a big dissapointment from the automakers. If as much money and R+D that went into the ICE went into the electric car the electric car would be a awesome car, with few if any drawbacks. The first electic car was built in 1902, in the 90′s we had a decent electric car in the EV1, with a 100 mile range and decent performance it was a good start. So your telling me that they can not come up with something better than the EV1? After almost 20yrs of battery improvements. BS! I think its obvious who is influencing these automakers to put out this half ass attempt at fuel conservation. And a small startup like Tesla Motors can produce an EV with 2x the range and supercar performance in just a few years! I cant wait till the Tesla luxury sedan comes out for around 45k, ill be first in line!

By: jessica

jessica — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:10:09 +0000

this car is frigg’n awesome and i would totally buy this but im not old enough…..im just doing a project on it and i just felt like leaving a comment!!

By: Elmo

Elmo — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 06:27:47 +0000

How about the Toyota Matrix that gets over 30mpg and starts at $15k, plus has some get up and go, and crumple zones, etc.
I agree, it is sad that so many hybrids are really Weapons of Mass Distraction
Lets see more plug in technology combined with renewable sources.

By: indigo

indigo — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 02:22:47 +0000

Some of the reasons why the Fit/Yaris get upper-30s instead of 50 MPG like the Geo Metro of old are: power (12 seconds to 60 MPG instead of 20 seconds), safety (air bags, crumple zones, etc.), and durability (100k+ miles versus 60k-70- miles.)

By: sherwood

sherwood — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 02:02:15 +0000

Cars like the CRX and Geo Metro could reach 50mpg… with the A/C off, airbags left at the factory, and pack-of-cigarettes crumple resistance. Also, they did 0-60 in about 20 seconds. That’s just not acceptable these days, so as a result even something tiny like a Mini Cooper weighs about 1000 lbs more than any subcompact sold in the 80′s.

By: GR

GR — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 21:36:40 +0000

I saw pics of the X6 hybrid the other day…very nice! I would definitely consider that car…that is, if I had the money of course.

By: dave reiff

dave reiff — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 00:25:22 +0000

these hybrids should be getting 80-100mpg, we have had cars getting 45-55mpg since 1979, vw rabbit diesel, crx, jetta diesel, come on we cant do better than that in 20 years of research… big oil rules.

By: Byron Kistler

Byron Kistler — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 18:19:43 +0000

What happened to the GM Geo and Honda CRX both capabale of 52 mpg which is better than any hybrid out there for a fraction of the cost????????