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**ferelrossi** · 08-03-2009, 07:32 AM

Toyota had Prius ready for the US market and US demand. They couldn't produce them in sufficient quantity. But they invested in long term R&D and that paid off. While GM totally scrapped the electricity and look where it got them.

an even more practical solution would be to start shedding all the unnescesary extra weight that has been being steadily added to cars since the early to mid 90's.

It's a sad state of affairs when there are carberated cars from the mid 80's that can put down in real world applications similar fuel economy numbers to teh Prius you mention.

08-03-2009, 07:32 AM	#68
ferelrossi Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 414 Senior Member	Toyota had Prius ready for the US market and US demand. They couldn't produce them in sufficient quantity. But they invested in long term R&D and that paid off. While GM totally scrapped the electricity and look where it got them. an even more practical solution would be to start shedding all the unnescesary extra weight that has been being steadily added to cars since the early to mid 90's. It's a sad state of affairs when there are carberated cars from the mid 80's that can put down in real world applications similar fuel economy numbers to teh Prius you mention.
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