This was Cadillac's answer to the luxury imports. Wonder why it wasn't a huge success? "Hey George, we've got a bunch of these Chevy Caviliers that aren't selling. Maybe we can throw a Cadillac name plate in it and sell it for $6000 more. Then we advertise it like it has the quality of a Mercedes, BMW, or Volvo. It will sell like hotcakes!" Way to go GM!!! It has been more then 30 years and the domestic car companies are still in ruins, both financial and in creative ways. What new or innovative product have they come out with since the last fuel crisis? The navigation system, or heated and cooled seats come to mind. Leave it to the imports to give us a usable hybrid car. Check out the fine engineering of Ford and GM's hybrids. the Ford Escape/Mariner hybrids shut off the engine when the vehicle is stopped. What's wrong with that you might add? The A/C compressor also stops, so no air conditioning while sitting at a stop light. Does the Toyota Prius do this? I think not, Toyota was smart enough to use an electric motor to run the a/c compressor when the engine is not running. Check out the fuel mileage of the "NEW" Chevy Malibu Hybrid, IIRC there is only about a 2 mpg gain on the highway. This is a hybrid? Does the Malibu also turn off the a/c compressor when the engine shuts off at a stop light? I will let you do the research. Do you have to wonder why the domestic car companies are in trouble?
3 comments:
This is a scary thought...no a/c in stop and go traffic on the highways? Eek!
But those driving lights under the bumper are worth $6K alone!
I made a mistake with the no air conditioning with the vehicle at a stop. You can get air conditioning if you put the controls on MAX. The engine will run all of the time then. Doesn't this ruin much of the efficiency of the hybrid system? Ford just cheaped out!
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