Why Don't Toyota make a Performance Hybrid
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Why Don't Toyota make a Performance Hybrid
So Toyota was the first one in the market to spread the butter. The Hybrid technology. Then why don't they build a Performance Hybrid ? Say even Infinity has a very very good Hybrid line up now, from the M35 to the Q60. All other like Porsches, BMW, Ferrari....etc...they have all produced some crazy hybrid.
Why are Toyota lacking ? How about the Yaris Hybrid R ? Why can't they start making the thing already ?
Why are Toyota lacking ? How about the Yaris Hybrid R ? Why can't they start making the thing already ?
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So Toyota was the first one in the market to spread the butter. The Hybrid technology. Then why don't they build a Performance Hybrid ? Say even Infinity has a very very good Hybrid line up now, from the M35 to the Q60. All other like Porsches, BMW, Ferrari....etc...they have all produced some crazy hybrid.
Why are Toyota lacking ? How about the Yaris Hybrid R ? Why can't they start making the thing already ?
Why are Toyota lacking ? How about the Yaris Hybrid R ? Why can't they start making the thing already ?
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because they tried...and then failed. They marketed the 1st generation LS and GS hybrids as performance cars but in truth they weren't, and then they didn't sell well.
Its not in the profit margins to do so.
Its not in the profit margins to do so.
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That is so weird isn't it. I would love a GS450H, but the Price is too overwhelming. The Q60H beats the GS in every aspects as Performance Hybrid.
The weirder thing is the BMW Active Hybrid 3. It out perform the GS as well. BMW bought the tech from Toyota.
I just can't believe, a Parent of Hybrid Tech is falling behind every one.
The weirder thing is the BMW Active Hybrid 3. It out perform the GS as well. BMW bought the tech from Toyota.
I just can't believe, a Parent of Hybrid Tech is falling behind every one.
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That is so weird isn't it. I would love a GS450H, but the Price is too overwhelming. The Q60H beats the GS in every aspects as Performance Hybrid.
The weirder thing is the BMW Active Hybrid 3. It out perform the GS as well. BMW bought the tech from Toyota.
I just can't believe, a Parent of Hybrid Tech is falling behind every one.
The weirder thing is the BMW Active Hybrid 3. It out perform the GS as well. BMW bought the tech from Toyota.
I just can't believe, a Parent of Hybrid Tech is falling behind every one.
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That is so weird isn't it. I would love a GS450H, but the Price is too overwhelming. The Q60H beats the GS in every aspects as Performance Hybrid.
The weirder thing is the BMW Active Hybrid 3. It out perform the GS as well. BMW bought the tech from Toyota.
I just can't believe, a Parent of Hybrid Tech is falling behind every one.
The weirder thing is the BMW Active Hybrid 3. It out perform the GS as well. BMW bought the tech from Toyota.
I just can't believe, a Parent of Hybrid Tech is falling behind every one.
