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KingElvis · 10-10-2005, 03:58 PM

They hate GM...even though the SUV in question is a Ford...

If they get 17/23mpg that's still pretty good. They should make them all hybrid drive, so that way, the hybrid drive expense goes way down due to the massive increase in economy of scale. If you make a million of them rather than 30,000, that's going to plunge costs dramatically. Plus, on a $40K vehicle, an extra $2000 built into the base price is not going to make much difference, and then you could argue that the re-sale will withstand gas price shocks better than non hybrid SUVS.

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KingElvis 4.6 Liter Northstar V8 Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 1,666	Re: Big Trouble for Big SUV's They hate GM...even though the SUV in question is a Ford... If they get 17/23mpg that's still pretty good. They should make them all hybrid drive, so that way, the hybrid drive expense goes way down due to the massive increase in economy of scale. If you make a million of them rather than 30,000, that's going to plunge costs dramatically. Plus, on a $40K vehicle, an extra $2000 built into the base price is not going to make much difference, and then you could argue that the re-sale will withstand gas price shocks better than non hybrid SUVS.