Comments on: Toyota's New Small Offerings http://www.hybridcars.com/toyota-may-have-two-new-small-offerings-us/ Auto alternatives for the 21st century Mon, 03 Dec 2012 19:24:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Melvin Scott http://www.hybridcars.com/toyota-may-have-two-new-small-offerings-us/#comment-8175 Melvin Scott Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:18:56 +0000 http://127.0.0.1/wordpress12/?p=2186#comment-8175 Oh I just love the car. It has a nice body color and body kits. A new rims will look much better on this ride. I saw some perfect rims for at Autopartswarehouse.

]]> By: ex-EV1 driver http://www.hybridcars.com/toyota-may-have-two-new-small-offerings-us/#comment-8174 ex-EV1 driver Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:34:09 +0000 http://127.0.0.1/wordpress12/?p=2186#comment-8174 BoomBoom,

You say that: ‘saving gas by driving a smaller car or driving less is better than saving gas by driving a hybrid’
Are you suggesting that it is better to get 45 mpg by driving a small car slowly than to get 45 mpg by driving a reasonable sized hybrid fast?
I don’t really get your logic, please explain.
BTW: I agree with your assertion that the US auto industry is in trouble through its own incompetence, not just foreign competition.

]]> By: Boom Boom http://www.hybridcars.com/toyota-may-have-two-new-small-offerings-us/#comment-8173 Boom Boom Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:18:36 +0000 http://127.0.0.1/wordpress12/?p=2186#comment-8173 Bill, get a clue. There have been plenty of postings of US cars on here, including one about the PZEV Ford Focus (which wasn’t a hybrid). The US auto industry is in trouble because of it’s own mistakes, not foreign competition.

They should have put a pic of the Toyota Hybrid Pick-up, which the article also talks about. But, that said, saving gas by driving a smaller car or driving less is better than saving gas by driving a hybrid.

The Xd on ‘roids does look kinda goofy…

]]> By: mielcah http://www.hybridcars.com/toyota-may-have-two-new-small-offerings-us/#comment-8172 mielcah Thu, 28 Feb 2008 02:43:00 +0000 http://127.0.0.1/wordpress12/?p=2186#comment-8172 It’s good that Toyota unveiled Urban Cruiser and Toyota A-BAT are now being offered by this automaker, because im planning to buy a new car that is suitable for me. It’s nice to know that this car are powered by a four-cylinder gas engine combined with Toyota’s Hybrid Synergy Drive system.

]]> By: ex-EV1 driver http://www.hybridcars.com/toyota-may-have-two-new-small-offerings-us/#comment-8171 ex-EV1 driver Thu, 28 Feb 2008 01:20:43 +0000 http://127.0.0.1/wordpress12/?p=2186#comment-8171 While I suppose it is worth posting on Hybridcars.com, I’m not particularly interested in small cars powered by inefficient Internal Combustion Engines (ICEs).
A half car that gets twice as many mpg as a complete car isn’t really impressive. They will only serve to prolong our agony by making our lives miserable as we’re squeezed into zero space while we wait longer to run out of oil. We’re still going to run out of oil eventually. Halving our consumption will only double the time before empty but it’s still going to happen.
What we really need is cars that can run on alternatives to fossil fuel.
As many have probably already seen from my forum posts; I see wimpy parallel hybrids such as are being sold today to simply be a baby step toward something that may really solve our planet’s needs. A REAL solution is the Electric powered Vehicle or EV. While there may be other alternatively powered vehicle technologies that could eventually be sustainable for our planet, I don’t know for sure what technology they may use. Today’s EV technology truly can be sustained indefinitely on our planet through use of renewable energy such as sunlight and it’s spin-offs such as wind, hydro-electric, and biomass.
Enjoy being cooped-up but I’ll still push to get an EV.
Go Tesla, Go Miles, Go Phoenix, Go ZAP, Go Mitsubishi (MIEV), Go GM (Volt), Go CommuterCars, Go Aptera, Go Vectrix, and Go to all the other true visionaries out there that will really save our planet, not just prolong an agonizing demise!

]]> By: sean http://www.hybridcars.com/toyota-may-have-two-new-small-offerings-us/#comment-8170 sean Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:34:12 +0000 http://127.0.0.1/wordpress12/?p=2186#comment-8170 The Urban Cruiser looks like Nissan Dualis (in Aust) or Qashqai (in Europe). Qashqai is in high demand and Dualis just released to the market. Hope Urban Cruiser will enjoy similar popularity as Qashqai.

]]> By: Bill Henely http://www.hybridcars.com/toyota-may-have-two-new-small-offerings-us/#comment-8169 Bill Henely Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:32:14 +0000 http://127.0.0.1/wordpress12/?p=2186#comment-8169 Oh here we go again. Toyota pumping money into this site.

Of course when the American Car companies come out with something new they don’t list it here.

The only thing green about Toyota is American money to go to japan.

Toyota is anti American and anti greeen. The prius plant is a mega environmental disaster and driving an old hummer is better than driving a new prius.

Join in to save the planet and dont drive a toyota keep your old car.

Bill

]]> By: Stephens http://www.hybridcars.com/toyota-may-have-two-new-small-offerings-us/#comment-8168 Stephens Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:55:19 +0000 http://127.0.0.1/wordpress12/?p=2186#comment-8168 It looks like a crossover SUV and the El Camino combined.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.hybridcars.com/toyota-may-have-two-new-small-offerings-us/#comment-8167 Anonymous Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:55:05 +0000 http://127.0.0.1/wordpress12/?p=2186#comment-8167 They have a couple of pictures and more description about the pickup on the Toyota blog:
http://blog.lexus.com/2008/02/more-than-a-com.html#more

My thoughts are “Might have neat utility, but Butt Ugly”.

Anyone else have any thoughts that agree or disagree?

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