Hybrids don't suck if the tech is applied right...take for example this quote from PopSci:
[quote]Originally written by PopularScience (April 2002, p. 48):
<strong>Such a high-power delivery system will make all kinds of hybrid configurations feasible, not only for the Dualnote but for existing sports cars such as the Chevrolet Corvette and Dodge Viper. The hybrid configuration Dodge is using in the Durango and Ram is similar to the Dualnote's?an electric motor powers the front wheels, a gas engine the rear wheels. A Viper with this setup would get 10 percent better gas mileage and 20 percent more torque, says Larry Oswald, DaimlerChrysler's vice president of hybrid engineering. "That would take another second or two off its 0-60 time," he says. In other words, it'd get to 60 mph in less than 3 seconds. Which proves an old adage wrong, or at least adds an asterisk to it There is in fact a "replacement for displacement"?and it's coming to a showroom near you.</strong><hr></blockquote>
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Well, not too big... Just big enough to suit my 6'3" frame in extreme comfort.
well im 5'8" so i dont need something that big. why the A6 and not the S4?? the S4 is so much faster...
and the 5 series is just too big for me out of BMW. it just cant manuever the way i want...
[quote]Originally written by PopularScience (April 2002, p. 48):
<strong>Such a high-power delivery system will make all kinds of hybrid configurations feasible, not only for the Dualnote but for existing sports cars such as the Chevrolet Corvette and Dodge Viper. The hybrid configuration Dodge is using in the Durango and Ram is similar to the Dualnote's?an electric motor powers the front wheels, a gas engine the rear wheels. A Viper with this setup would get 10 percent better gas mileage and 20 percent more torque, says Larry Oswald, DaimlerChrysler's vice president of hybrid engineering. "That would take another second or two off its 0-60 time," he says. In other words, it'd get to 60 mph in less than 3 seconds. Which proves an old adage wrong, or at least adds an asterisk to it There is in fact a "replacement for displacement"?and it's coming to a showroom near you.</strong><hr></blockquote>
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