Posted on 08/29/2007 5:22:15 AM PDT by Red Badger
Rest In Peace, old friend, your work is finished.......
If you want on or off the DIESEL KnOcK LIST just FReepmail me........
This is a fairly HIGH VOLUME ping list on some days......
KnOcK!...............
I can’t wait to get me one of the new ‘euro style diesels. Oceans of torque, sub 7 0-60, and 40+ mpg. Sign me up! Shame though that so many Americans are prejudiced against diesel thanks to the horrific engines GM foisted on them a generation ago.
The battery and motor specified will only run 4 minutes on a charge. Maybe that’s the ticket- most power is used during acceleration which only takes a couple of minutes, so keeping the weight down makes sense.
Watch the fuel prices go up as MPG goes up. Fuel suppliers are not going to allow their profits to go down. You may use less fuel, but you will be paying the same total amount each and every week. The people that are really going to be hurt are the ones that cannot afford these vehicles.
Thankfully, most young people do not remember those monstrosities!..............
LOL!!!...
The market forces control the price. If it were simply up to dealers we’d be paying $20+ per gallon now.......
Makes sense. Diesels traditionally have slower acceleration, so a powerful boost from an electric motor will help alleviate that symptom......as well as mitigate the greater fuel consumption required at the standing start...........
Caller to a Raleigh, NC talk show several years ago - responding to the question: “What are the two biggest mistakes you ever made?”
“I sold the family farm and bought my wife a Puegeot.”
“Shame though that so many Americans are prejudiced against diesel thanks to the horrific engines GM foisted on them a generation ago.”
For me it was the Mercedes Diesel engines. They spewed black smoke and were noisy.
Peugeot is not interested in the USA market and I’m not interested in buying a Peugeot. Back when they were selling here I looked at them and decided that I didn’t like what I saw. I know of some who made the mistake of buying one.
Yeah, but if it’s successful in Europe the other automakers, including the ones who sell to North America, will develop similar products. Competition is always good.
I drive one of those every day. It doesn't smoke as bad now, because of the new diesel fuel.
The thing is: I'm still driving it today. How many other cars of that era are still running?
My Buddy had a brand new Peugeot once. After the ten trips to the shop for electrical problems and having the blown engine replaced it spontaneously combusted one night in his driveway.
Must have been built by a muslim..........on a Friday.....
If it is not a plug-in hybrid it will be obsolete by the time it is introduced.
I would also suggest the diesel engine and drive train be replaced by a diesel generator that is set to run at its most efficient RPMs. The generator then supplies the electricity to the electric motor and recharges the batteries. Kind of silly to have an electric and a mechanical drive train. Why not just use the electric?
Battery technology is not yet (though very very close) advanced for total electric only. It (any hybrid) is just a bridge to total electric.......
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