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Old 12-09-2009, 03:08 PM   #76 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Arragonis View Post
But wouldn't a Diesel Prius just be a Prius with a Diesel instead of a Petrol engine ? Therefore it would have anything a Prius has, plus added Diesel rattly goodness ?
That's the way I figure it, anyway. I figure that one would just replace the gas engine in the Prius with it's diesel counterpart, except there would need to be a complex monitoring system involved that would allow for the features currently used in the Prius, so the diesel would have to have an electronic feedback system, like the newer VW TDI motors. (Hey, there's a thought...)
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