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Replying to: iluvmysephia1 (Feb 15, 2008 8:45 am)  
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Replying to: toomanyfumes (Feb 17, 2008 3:12 pm) I was going to mention that especially since my dad served in the Pacific during WW II but then again General Motors factory in Germany made tanks for Hitler. |
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now it'll get me looking at my vehicle registration in March to see if my Lancer GTS' vehicle weight is listed. Nuttin' wrong with that.  Perhaps I bought my Lancer GTS last March too early for the state of Arizona to have entered the car's weight in their computer system yet, dunno. |
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Just read the Edmunds article about Mitsu's new electric car. 0-60 in under 9 seconds. That's pretty fast for an electric car. Sounds like it might make a good urban commuter car. Especially if there are recharge plugs at work. I'm thinking most people drive less than 25 miles to work, maybe drive out a short distance to lunch at noon and then drive less than 25 miles back home. Add in a few extra miles on the way home for shopping and you probably don't do more than 60 miles a day. With a practical range of 80 miles the i MIEV just might work. Of course it might be a real winner if the US gov't gave a 50% tax credit like the Japanese.
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| New issue of Road & Track tests the new EVO against the Subaru STi on the race track. The EVO excelled in every category. | |
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Replying to: oldfarmer50 (Feb 22, 2008 8:57 am) More supply + less demand =lower prices. Correct? Personally I don't think that once the electric car is a proven product it will ever go away. It is simply to efficient and practical, especially in an urban environment, for people to completely return to all-fuel vehicles. I think most people will have one or two of each. I plan on getting a Miev ASAP when they become available in the U.S. I don't figure on using it to travel on vacations or haul pigs to market but it will be the get-grocery-pick-up-kids-see-movie-do-whatever vehicle. If the electric vehicle battery technology can improve even half as quickly as something like computer chip technology has done then the inner city is going to be seriously quiet in about ten years. A decently priced, reliable all-electric vehicle combined with mass production capability and an existing dealership structure... Can't wait.
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Replying to: elgatoloco (Feb 22, 2008 8:16 pm) Where I live there are two companies working on what may be the replacement technology for the internal combustion engine; fuel cells. One company has fuel cell back-up electric generators (big) and the other is developing fuel cell batteries for computers and phones (small). The next step is to develop hydrogen fuel cell engines for cars. Honda has already started a program for this. It would be nice to have cars you could run basicly on water and give the finger to the oil cartels. |
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Replying to: rockylee (Jan 22, 2007 12:35 pm) As far as North America in general, Mitsubishi stated that the current economic slowdown would probably cause new car sales to slump and so during this time MMNA would mainly try to focus on improving customer satisfaction and increasing dealership profitability. They also mentioned that upcoming models ( here and worldwide ) would feature their new automated manual twin clutch SST, newer more powerful clean diesel engines and also improved AWD capabilities. Amidst all the other factoids was a brief message concerning the Lancer Sportback which I posted in that thread. |
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I was re-reading some old posts here and stumbled on a reference to the Mitsu 6G7 engine which I have in my Eclipse. As I read the Wikipedia link I discovered that the 3.8L engine I have in my Eclipse is the same basic motor that I have in my Chrysler Cirrus. I was surprised that using the same engine they could come up with a 2.5L in that application. Further reading showed that they made engines as small a 2.0L as well. I had no idea that they could make such a wide variety of displacements out of the same basic motor. Live and learn. BTW, the 2.5L in my Chrysler now has 101K on it and still purrs like a kitten. I hope the 3.8L works as well. Both are extremely smooth running engines. Is the 2.0L in the Lancer the same motor? I would assume not because that is a 4cyl.
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Replying to: oldfarmer50 (Mar 01, 2008 6:39 am) Now has the wife driven that 3.8L yet or is she still afraid of it? Speaking of sharing, I found the interesting article about Mitsu and Nissan. Click here or read below March 3, 2008 Nissan and Mitsubishi to expand supply agreement Tokyo, Japan - Nissan Motor Company and Mitsubishi Motors Corporation have announced an agreement to expand their original equipment manufacturing (OEM) supply involving mini-cars for Japanese and overseas markets. The two companies currently have OEM agreements in Japan, where Mitsubishi supplies Nissan with mini-cars and small light commercial vehicles, while Nissan supplies light commercial vehicles to Mitsubishi. Under the expanded agreement, Mitsubishi will supply its Pajero mini SUV to Nissan, starting in the fall of 2008, for the Japanese market, and the two companies will explore opportunities for expanded light commercial vehicle supply for Japanese and overseas markets. www.canadiandriver.com
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