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Originally Posted by JuneBug
Hybrid cars- why bother when VW and MB have clean diesels that are simpler, great on gas, and last longer than gas engines (and we don't have any numbers on how long these fancy hybrid systems will last) all we need is more capacity at the refineries - see above- and you have cheap fuel.
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I was watching a episode of Top Gear (a UK car show) that did a test to see if three different cars could make it from Switzerland to Blackpool England, 750 miles on one tank of fuel. VW makes a car that is a 3 cylinder diesel that gets 75 miles to the gallon average. The car still had enough in it at the end of the test to get another 75 miles.
Jaguar (ok pricey, but get this), makes a car that gets a average of 50 miles to the gallon, they were able to make it over 1000 miles on a single tank of gas. So for all the hybrids I want to see numbers like that. And why don't we have that tech here in the states? Those are ridiculous numbers to get on any car, and the fact that it's not a hybrid is even more insane!