Yaris and Fit to Become Dueling Hybrids
The Fit and Yaris have been dueling hatchbacks for years now, but it looks like they might soon become dueling hybrids. Rumors of both popular cars becoming hybrids have come and gone over the last few years, but it looks like it will stick this time for both of them. Especially now that sedans like [...]Related posts:
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Only for sale in Japan ...right ?
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It's supposed to be a boxing ring. ( " Dueling Hybrids " ) ;)
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So are these cars going to be available in the U.S. ?
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i think i would have got it if there was a boxing glove http://leegaddis.files.wordpress.com...xing-glove.jpg |
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The Yaris hybrid "will have a price tag of about 1.5 million yen (15,600 dollars), cheaper than Toyota's existing hybrids, and is expected to be sold in Japan, Europe and the United States" according to the rumor mill.
I don't get the Fit Hybrid. It seems too similar to the 2010 Insight to be worth building. |
Nice to see the Fit on top. :)
I think a Fit hybrid will have more of impact on hybrid sales than the Insight, due to the Fit's longstanding popularity worldwide. It should also move the price point for hybrids even lower. |
So is Honda going to cannibalize the sales of its Civic hybrid with the Insight, and the Insight with the Fit hybrid?
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I hope that Honda goes in "the opposite" direction of their other hybrids, and makes the Fit a plug in serial hybrid. The Fit is a much better chassis/car than the new Insight, so yes, I think they will hurt their own sales. |
Anyone think the Yaris will internally compete with Prii? I doubt it, I don't think they're even remotely the same car class.
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Touche...
You actually bring a good point... most people may think it's "wrong", but subsidy pays for just about everything "the little guy" has or will have, whether they know it or not. The fact that some JA out there is willing to pay $200,000 for a Tesla, over time, eventually trickles down into a sub $20k family sedan with more than reasonable (compared to other EV's of today) expectations. That's called "operating capital subsidizing". It's life, in business. |
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I see with my jaded corporate eye projects that fail. Money is flushed and heads are chopped off. Someone else comes along, picks at the carcass, and makes a product that is a success. From a budget POV, the "successful" product does not have to count the cost of the failed product. As a friend and colleague has told me, "It is the life". CarloSW2 |
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Interestingly, Canadians Prius sales have never even come close (on a per capita basis) to the US - for some reason, we buy far more Camry hybrids. I've yet to see a Canadian-plated 3rd gen Prius on the road. But Camry hybrids are a fairly regular sight (if you remember to look for the little badge). |
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I think at this point, the Prius carries a stigma of stupid drivers who know nothing about how cars work, or fuel efficient driving, and they're staring at that stupid screen, causing accidents and such. That's got to be affecting the sales of the Prius... not that it SHOULD, but it will, and you know it. Especially given the attitude of Americans - It's not our fault, blame the car's safety rating! |
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According to my old French teacher, that phrase has come to mean so much more than what it actually says... ranging from things like:
"That's how the cookie crumbles" to: "Wouldn't you know it?" Of course, those aren't literal meanings, but implied understandings for the above phrase. |
im not a huge fan of the new fit
+ the new yaris looks like a camry mostly because it seems like everything is following the trend of bigger is better (thus hurting fuel efficiency to add things like rain sensors and bluetooth) |
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