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selling like hotcakes, ok; making money? nah. Posted by MJM [Email] (#872) [Profile/Gallery] (more from MJM) on Mon, 20 Aug 2001 21:22:47 In Reply to: Some insight on the Insight, John A., Mon, 20 Aug 2001 20:17:54 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
The May '01 R&T has a comparison test of the Insight and Prius. In their less-than vigorous driving, the 0-60 in 10.7 Insight got 50mpg, the 0-60 in 11.6 Prius got 40. Good, but not eye-opening.
I can't recall the source, but I did read that these early hybrids, if priced in line with what they cost the company, would go for 2 to 3 times what they are actually being sold for. Right now the purpose for these cars is to satisfy regulatory mandates.
I'm not a big fan of mandating technology, it's much better to specify results than to specify the means. If cleaning the air were really important, all the "old" cars would be removed from the streets, rather than replacing new low emissions cars with new lower emissions vehicles.
Back to thermo.
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