Reliable and Fast for the Engine/Manual gearbox, Cheap and Fast for the Electrics.
Contrary to popular belief, if you accelerate quickly using the gas engine and cruise using the electric, you get better efficiency. the electric motor doesn't have the guts to get it going up to speed without being highly inefficient.
Agreed. Very well put Tom.
Oh, I know. It was a pain for me buying my car.
Oh come on, they're not that bad, they're worse!
It's an art for sure. Start with the forums respective to the car. When I was looking for an E30 or E36, I was on bimmerforums, r3vlimited, and bimmerfest every day figuring out what would and could be wrong. I can tell you in 15 mintues everything wrong with that E30 you're looking at and about how much it will cost…
I have an E46 M3 Convertible with SMG for 4k back of retail book value. Just, you know, throwing it out there.
I'm on the retail floor rather than internet, but all my internet managers hate TrueCar. They're rarely accurate, and often the customer gets quoted the base model price rather than the car they actually want because of TrueCar's system. Speaking from the dealer standpoint: If you work TrueCar's system properly it…
What is this, the mobius strip of arrests?
I imagine they looked at the costs, and the fuel savings weren't enough to cover the cost of fuel + increased maintenance + higher initial investment. The 6.2L is quite the punchy motor. The two diesel options in the sprinter aren't as powerful.
Far be it from me to question the financial decisions of Tesla Motors, I think they have a handle on what they're doing. I'm not saying it's not possible, I'm saying there aren't many flatbed sprinters out there.
How many do you see out there though?
Haven't see one set up as a towrig/flatbet yet.
Because 'Murica. No, really, we don't have van based transporters, unless a cutaway E-Series, and that's even less efficient than the 6.2L F250
HAHA car sales joke. I got that reference!
If you think Ford was going to let this publicity slip through their fingers, you're trippin! #1 Truck in the World for XX years? Ford was gonna throw as much money as possible at this to debut the new truck.
It's not underpowered. And fuel economy is there, you just have to find it: http://green.autoblog.com/2011/05/12/rid…