08-30-2007, 03:26 PM
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| New Breed | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Huntsville Ontario Canada
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The domestics are currently working on smaller diesels for the half-ton market. If Toyota is going Hybrid, they’ll have to compare in price, towing capacity and economy with the new diesels. Economy while towing makes the diesels almost unbeatable and I’m betting it can’t be done with a hybrid. For the record, before I bought my Tundra, I test drove a new Chev Avalanche. Nice vehicle, but I thought the cylinder deactivation feature was nothing more then a marketing gimmick. I could not get the engine to kick down to 4 cylinders unless I let off the throttle. Maintaining any highway speed with no hills would not let the engine drop down to 4 cylinders. Having that said, I’m betting Toyota will move to diesels as an option in the very near future. They currently have the winning recipe for a half ton truck, but they’ll have to go diesel to capture the second part of the truck market which is the HD trucks. Honda is building a new plant here in Ontario Canada to build a new series of diesel engines for both cars and truck/SUVs. So, I’m sure we’ll see a new trend of clean running diesels coming from Toyota as well. Just my guess….anyone want to place their bets??  Dan  |