cause the Maybach 57 was getting a little tired.
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you have the spec sheet for the non-HT (high-torque model)
We spend about 48.5 (total cost of mrap programs to date) billion acquiring and shipping them to iraq, still more to send them home, more to have them refitted, and yet not only are they not really suitable for the job (size is a problem), but the also have huge operating costs.
It's a parallel hybrid and each of those electric motors is good for over 1200nm of torque individually. So... it's in fact a lot more powerful.
lower surface pressure while tiptoeing through the tundra in your tiny tank.
The technology/cost curve is going to hit 20-24khw cars with 80 mile range pretty hard. if there's a $40K tesla and some some competitors with double that in 3 years these are going to look obsolete.
e86 z4m coupe is a little more nose heavy than the regular 3.1si.
It's federal government owned property...
2-stroke diesels require forced induction...
funny... A decent cross section of europe has police vehicles that were manufactured in spartanburg south carolina...
the prius has been doing duty as a taxi since the xw20 (second generation 2003-2010) in quite a lot of places. that drivetrain is durable and so are the nimh batteries
There are a pretty fair number of nominally full size cars or SUVs squeezing better economy and dare we says decent performance out of a hybrid drivetrain.
They're only planning on selling 500 of the first edition in the US, it's not going to unseat anything on the basis of volume.
circa 1955 Regulus cruise missile. nuclear capable. (also later employed as expandable drones)
cruise missiles have been a thing for rather a long time...
> As for the cars? The '14 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray (C7) and the '11 BMW Z4 GT3
MSRP E30 M3 $36,000 in 1988 -> today 71k