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Originally Posted by rmay635703
all turbo cars are garbage for long term reliablity though some do better than they have any right to cough 1.4 Trax
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No wonder Volkswagen is struggling to take forward its plan to resort only to turbocharged engines. GM also had trouble with the 2nd-generation Chevrolet Onix at its Brazilian launch, since local turbocharged versions retain the port-injection instead of featuring direct injection as its Chinese counterpart does.
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Even every Prius has the ticking timebomb of battery failure
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Considering the Prius has retained basically the very same engines (including the 1.5L now featured to the Prius C while the traditional and V models get the same 1.8L since the 3rd generation), some ease to refurbish the ICE may not be much of a problem as long as improvements are done to battery tech.
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Only other reliable car would be the pre-2010 Camry/Corolla, boring appliance like and reliable
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What does surprise me is that in some countries the Corolla retains a pretty conservative engine range, even more conservative than in my country.
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I’ve thought of buying a $3000 used Mirai and converting the a plug in with CNG
Ah well pipe dreams
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Replacing the fuel-cell with a portable genset?