qdos wrote:Not sure what kind of car you are looking for exactly but how about a Honda Insight or a Prius or maybe the Renault Kangoo as an Import?
I love the Insight - a beautifully designed efficient car which I'd be seriously interested in... if it had 4 seats.
The Kangoo and the Berlingo also only have two seats - as far as I know?
The Prius is a nice idea but the economy figures don't impress me at all, I could get better economy from a small car like a Citroen C3...and the distance you can travel on battery alone is a bit of a joke. A hybrid with a descent range on battery would maybe fit what I'm looking for.
Hmm home-made biodiesel also sounds interesting...I'll have to find out a bit more about that, mjoinson.
OK, Basically what I want is the Audi Metroproject Quattro - 60 miles on one charge with a lively ICE to use for longer journeys. The sad thing is I heard they aren't planning on implementing the hybrid system in the final car. I would also expect the price to be pretty darn high, being an Audi .
What do you lot think about the Honda Civic IMA? I only just heard of it.
The price of hybrids got me on the idea of getting a pure EV, I thought that it would be cheaper to buy and run because it won't need an ICE so it's so much simpler, but what with the price of replacement batteries I'm not so sure anymore. Is there, or will there be, a pure EV that will travel around 125 miles between charges (without wrecking the batteries), can go 60mph and can cope with the Southern Swedish winter, where we can expect down to -20C or lower occasionally? Oh, and here's the annoying bit that cuts out almost all my options: I need at least 4 seats!
Suggestions welcome!
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Ed