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tundrahq
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| Posts: 5
| Joined: 05/07
Posted: 05/19/07
05:42 PM
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Based on all of Toyota's recent comments, it looks like they will be debuting a new hybrid version of the Toyota Tundra in 2009 as a 2010 model. It will get 20mpg in the city and 25mpg on the highway, yet still have 400hp.
Click to read the tundra hybrid article
Tundra news, reviews, and comparisons at www.tundraheadquarters.com.
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Shag
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| Posts: 137
| Joined: 04/07
Posted: 05/27/07
10:18 PM
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You can get 20mpg out of the powerstroke with an air cleaner, turbo back exhaust and superchip. Seriously fast too with hugh torque and hp gains.
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Posted: 05/29/07
09:10 AM
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that sounds pretty cool....im lovin the new tundras, now i wish i woulda held out and got one instead of my new tacoma
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tundrahq
New User
| Posts: 5
| Joined: 05/07
Posted: 06/08/07
01:17 PM
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It's never too late! ![]()
Tundra news, reviews, and comparisons at www.tundraheadquarters.com.
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jjtotten
New User
| Posts: 1
| Joined: 10/07
Posted: 10/03/07
12:37 AM
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The cost of ownership of a hybrid, including fuel, is more than for a competing non-hybrid vehicle. There is not a viable, cost-effective battery replacement program. The trade-in value of a hybrid is iffy at best after, say, 70,000 miles, because of the lack of a high-mileage warranty and high second-user maintenance costs. The real secondary market — teenagers, smart shoppers and low-income people — are less interested in the emotional soothing a hybrid provides the first owner, thus lowering trade-in value.
There is plenty of information available to help us understand that for really working a truck ie. towing a heavy load over long distances a hybrid makes no sense. The Toyota Tundra 5.7 engine already generates about 380 HP making the additional 20 HP almost a moot point especially when you consider the above information. On a long grade pulling a heavy load the battery is soon exhaused and you will be running on a small displacement engine since all the energy put out to the electric motors must come from the regular fuel engine. In addition to the smaller engine the batteries must still be carried up the hill. Some test demonstrations have shown that there will be only about 0.1 MPG to 0.2 MPG difference in the fuel usage hardly enough to justify the additional cost and complexity of the two vehicles.
Since we have continued the horse power race we have lost sight of the fact that years ago a small car powered with a small diesel engine got very good milage without all the complex electrical systems being furnished to the driving public.
I for one believe that the hybrid is just a passing fancy that will eventually be replaced by hydrogen cells or some other power source.
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