02-23-2008, 07:02 PM
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Engineering first
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Real Name: Bob
Location: Huntsville, AL
Hybrids: Prius Classic 03
Posts: 5,035
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Credible Tahoe report
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/a...802210312/1081
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BY MARK PHELAN • FREE PRESS COLUMNIST • February 21, 2008
It's my job to be skeptical about the claims car companies make when they introduce new vehicles: to believe what I experience behind the wheel, not what the PowerPoint presentations and computer-enhanced commercials promise.
Skepticism is healthy, but I approached the 2008 Chevrolet Tahoe hybrid SUV with outright cynicism. My expectations were so low you'd need a pooper scooper to lift them.
GM's previous hybrids fostered that response. The vehicles felt like they were built out of a sense of obligation, not a drive to be best. Sure, as GM points out, they cost less than the hybrid systems pioneered by Ford, Honda and Toyota, but they broke no new ground, set no new standards and made no pretense to technical leadership or innovation.
I expected more of the same from the Tahoe.
Man, was I wrong. Not "Oops, my bad" wrong. I was the-world-is-flat, man-will-never-fly wrong.
I was 26.3-miles-per-gallon-in-three-ton-SUV wrong; and that's way wrong.
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A nice review and what I've been looking for.
Bob Wilson
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