[GreenHornet]

Hey everyone,

I am curious as to what people would be willing to pay for a high mileage diesel electric hybrid?

I suppose some general specs need to be assumed first before one can make a good informed decision. So here goes some rough specs and feel free to add to them.

#1. 100/130 mpg City/Highway Combined mpg = 115mpg
#2. 100mph Top Speed
#3. Fuel Capacity 12 gal diesel tank for 1,200 mi Range or better
#4. Electric only range = 30-40 mi
#5. 0-60mph = 12 sec
#6. Seats 2 side by side


Based on this data I would most likely be willing to pay in the $25,000 - $28,000 USD range. While these are pretty ambitious specs the XL1 from VW shares some of them.

The VW XL1 is similar with a Top speed of just under 100mph and 0-60 @ 11.9sec. It also seats 2 side by side but claims an Imperial mpg of 261 or 217 US MPG basically 1 liter fuel consumption. It also gives you a 22mi electric only range from 4.5kwh battery pack. I am wondering what VW will price this at. Most likely it will be up over $50,000 USD I would be very surprised if it was under this mark.