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Originally posted by 911pcars
Already, US manufacturers are 2-3 years behind the imports in hybrid technology and off-the-shelf products. If they don't get off their duff soon, they'll be losing more market share to more forward thinking and prepared companies. It looks like gas prices are going upward rather than downward in the long run unless alternative energy sources are adopted. Let's hope something happens.
There are no alternative power sources for a flat six 911. In other words, "there is no substitute".
Sherwood
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Sherwood, very nice indeed, and truthful. This was the crux of a story on NPR the other day - how USofA has dropped the big ball with hybrids and is scrambling. Hybrid/alt. energy market share is being lost as I write this to the Japanese manufacturers as well as some Europeans. I imagine the easiest way to go about this for Detroit is to simply buy the car companies doing the trailblazing.
Meanwhile, in the article, it was stated that Detroit is famous for pickups and SUVs, but that Toyota's new massive full-sized p-up will (it's forecast) take a nice-sized chunk of that market as well.
I don't know: Bill Clinton said on Letterman: "You want to make billions, get into alt. fuels." To be honest with you guys, I'm scraping together lose change...
Betcha' $3 bucks a gallon will be a huge psych barrier for a lot of people, BTW. It will happen...