Maybe those underbody panelling is more targetted to protect the undercarriage, like it was done in a country-oriented version of the VW Beetle known in Brazil as "pé de boi" (ox-foot) which had some reinforced underbody plates, which made it easier to cope with harsher rural and suburban road conditions. Anyway, there are still some folks who claim ABS brakes aren't so effective while driving on dirt.
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Originally Posted by Midi_Amp
Ah mild hybrid... Mazda does that on its Mazda 6, but still, a premium over what I can afford and the price delta I can use to buy fuel for 10 years  |
At least the BAS-Hybrid layout still provides some electric traction, in spite of not offering a full-EV mode, and in theory it wouldn't increase the manufacturing cost so much as a "traditional" hybrid setup does.