Thread: "Are diesel vehicles a viable alternative to hybrids?"
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Old 11-14-2006, 03:45 PM
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Default Re: "Are diesel vehicles a viable alternative to hybrids?"
Honda has to get the diesel Accord here quickly before the TCH takes all the accolades and press from Honda. Honda covets the 'most fuel efficient' auto maker title and it's had to pull back on the Insight and HAH leaving all the good press to Toyota.

This new diesel Accord will be their answer to the TCH as the diesel Ody will likely arrive at the same time as the hybrid Sienna and the diesel MDX will answer the HH/400h. The strategies seem clear. Midsized diesels for Honda and midsized hybrids for Toyota. Let the market decide.

Toyota cannot let HOnda's new technology go unanswered either. The new Prius in Oct 2008 has to be that much better ( 20%? ) than what's on the road now and the cost has to be lower than at present. This is just to keep the lead with the Honda diesels being introduced.

After the acceptance of the new 2009 Prius then that technology can be migrated to the TCH, HH, and TSH - say in 2010 - upping the ante again.

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