Green Concept Cars - Where’s the Fun in That?

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• BuckD :
  March 13th, 2008 at 4:09 pm
  
  

  I can’t wait for the diesel Moller Skycar…

• GS650G :
  March 13th, 2008 at 3:54 pm
  
  

  Or a Hummer with a V8 diesel hybrid powertrain. That’s be cool too!

  The original hummer was a diesel, and a great ride as well. The civilian model was ridiculous to have a gasoline engine.

• Honda_Lover :
  March 13th, 2008 at 3:52 pm
  
  

  Style over substance. My CR-V is an ULEV(ultra low emission vehicle) which is the most important “green” aspect. Don’t pollute your local environment.

  At the same time, when I need to merge to freeway traffic, my 4-cylinder has enough oomph to get the job done.

• quasimondo :
  March 13th, 2008 at 3:41 pm
  
  

  I’m not excited about any ‘green’ car, unless it’s British Racing Green.

• philipwitak :
  March 13th, 2008 at 3:05 pm
  
  

  re: “…c’mon. Cars are about emotion, not reason.”

  agree with the sentiments expressed - up to a point. but these days, cars are also about fuel costs that are heading straight for the stratosphere and car lots full of lots-o-cars. existing, poor-mileage models that nobody’s buying.

  case-in-point: just heard about an hour ago that chrysler’s shutting down everything for two weeks and forcing their employees to take manditory vacations - a tactic its employing to try and help reduce the glut of existing models.

  i think more and more manufacturers are finally starting to catch on to the new realities confronting them - that, in order to sell em, they gotta go green and they gotta make em affordable.

• Howler :
  March 13th, 2008 at 2:46 pm
  
  

  Lets see green house glass in place of gas! Give me some wedge! How about ItalDesigns Maserati Boomerang plug in, or Bertone Carabo synergy drive, Pininfarina Modulo TDI? Yes please.

  All thats needed to bring wedge back are some simple explosive charges behind every body panel. In the event of collision the car would simply puff up to legal requirements.

• Bancho :
  March 13th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
  
  

  I’m more interested in cars I would consider owning. I’m eagerly awaiting the “hot hatch” wars part 2 in the US. It has to be coming, doesn’t it? I want to see the Fiesta, the Mazda 2, whatever comes of VW’s Up! concepts and I’d absolutely love for the Fiat 500 to make it here.

• lprocter1982 :
  March 13th, 2008 at 2:20 pm
  
  

  A Ford Crown Vic with a straight six diesel engine. Or a V8 diesel. Either would be good.

  Or a Toyota Prius with a straight six diesel. That’d be cool!

  Or a Hummer with a V8 diesel hybrid powertrain. That’s be cool too!

  Come to think of it, any North American car with a new diesel would be good.

• CarShark :
  March 13th, 2008 at 2:18 pm
  
  

  Cars are about emotion, not reason.

  They’re about both. The reason side is getting appealed to now, after years of the emotional part being satiated. The Solstice’s sensuous curves, the LF-As adventurous take on L-Finesse with a massive V-10, untold concepts from Jaguar. We still get them with the 1-Series tii, Demon and the continuing evolution of Mazda design. The pendulum is just swinging in the other direction for the time being. And if the future includes cars like the VW up! series and the Fiesta hatches, I don’t see much to complain about.

• argentla :
  March 13th, 2008 at 2:01 pm
  
  

  So, here’s a question for the group: what kind of green concepts would you find interesting and exciting? I concur that a new TDI Golf is pretty blah, but what would get your juices flowing?

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