Spy Shots: Hyundai Prius Fighter
08-21-14, 05:10 PM
#16
I guess Hyundai cant do wrong? Because their hybrids sales have been low and they had many issues with their hybrid powertrain, plus they had to lower their hybrid MPG. Sonata Hybrid went from Camry beater to a dud in span of 6-10 months.
C-Max went after Prius v, not Prius... and their sales are down because they had to lower their MPG by crazy amount. Otherwise it is pretty competitive small MPV.
I doubt Hyundai will build Prius fighter... they might do what Toyota does in Europe and offer hybrid powertrain in many of their vehicles, like i30 and Elantra. That makes sense.
Hopefully it is good... competition is only way for technology to improve.
p.s. Accord hybrid was just introduced, Fusion is up by 2% and Sonata is up 17%.
C-Max went after Prius v, not Prius... and their sales are down because they had to lower their MPG by crazy amount. Otherwise it is pretty competitive small MPV.
I doubt Hyundai will build Prius fighter... they might do what Toyota does in Europe and offer hybrid powertrain in many of their vehicles, like i30 and Elantra. That makes sense.
Hopefully it is good... competition is only way for technology to improve.
p.s. Accord hybrid was just introduced, Fusion is up by 2% and Sonata is up 17%.
They will be bringing out a dedicated hybrid model as indicated by the article.
08-21-14, 05:51 PM
#17
Lead Lap
Also, I haven't seen what models are dragging the reliability down/what the problems have been. These are questions I asked before purchasing my first British car.
08-21-14, 08:20 PM
#18
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Did I ever say Hyundai can do no wrong? I never claimed that the Sonata and Optima were successes. I just mentioned I thought I hope they had a lot of lessons learned (and there was a lot of shortcomings they could learn from) from those while staying out of direct "competition' with Prius/Prius family.
They will be bringing out a dedicated hybrid model as indicated by the article.
They will be bringing out a dedicated hybrid model as indicated by the article.
08-25-15, 02:47 PM
#20
Lexus Fanatic
This does not seem like a good idea.
08-25-15, 05:03 PM
#21
Not all that uncommon in hybrid vehicles to have the exposed orange sleeving on the hybrid cables, and run underneath the car. I had a Honda CR-Z, and it was the same situation. Basically better to show it then cut into it and hurt yourself.
Now if someones going to slam one of these, might be an issue.
12-23-15, 06:16 AM
#24
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wow, that's only a trillion times better looking than the new prius.
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