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Old 04-06-2010, 07:09 PM   #10 (permalink)
Peter7307
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Originally Posted by shovel View Post
Here's an idea auto makers: put your fancypants new drivetrain as an option on your most popular selling existing model of car and use the money you save by NOT developing a whole new car around it, to keep its cost low. [/I]
That is what Honda did with the hybrid Civic.
Standard Civic body and hybrid underpinnings and a slight revision of the instruments.
A much more practical and smarter approach.

Peter.
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