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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Torrent 6:26PM (5/28/2008)
Oh so they'll be MORE overpriced just to get less power and 3-4 MPG More. Great Strategy. What are they gonna use Tata's engine?
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DesiAuto 6:54PM (5/28/2008)
"they'll be MORE overpriced just to get less power and 3-4 MPG More"
Highest number of assumptions in one sentence.
Torrent 7:12PM (5/28/2008)
That I know, but something is telling me that it is true. Look at the Lexus Hybrid- Over 100K for 22 MPG Highway. And that's a Bargain? Who says Jag and LR will be different.
halogenrepublic 6:35PM (5/28/2008)
Car industry is sounding more and more like politicians.
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DesiAuto 6:56PM (5/28/2008)
'...hybrid vehicle development for the two brands is now underway"
Excellent idea, hopefully it will be done in less than 5 years. Sooner the better.
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MachinaDC5 7:06PM (5/28/2008)
Five years? Yeah, that's not a late reaction at all...
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pmiddle5 12:22AM (5/29/2008)
Kinda what I was thinking...
Ian 7:49PM (5/28/2008)
I can't wait.
I mean I can not wait.
Ahh forget it....
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ken_aisin 8:57PM (5/28/2008)
With all those extra hybrid parts, they'll just have more reliability problems.... I always stay away from these two brands, especially the Range Rovers. I also doubt Tata has the capability to make them more reliable.
Besides, 5 years seem to be pretty late to join the hybrid party. I'm sure there'll be better alternatives than hybrids in 5 years.
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Noah 11:22PM (5/28/2008)
Diesel 6? Oh, that is the Euro version. So Europe will get the torquey diesel-hybrid version (getting 26+mpg), and America will get the 20mpg gas V8 (well, also torquey).
I wonder if Tata offered diesel 6's in the Land Rovers, would any prospective/repeat Land Rover buyer get it over a 5.0 V8?
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pmiddle5 12:25AM (5/29/2008)
Their diesel already gets quite better then that....So now the thing a diesel is good at (highway cruising) can be paired with the thing hybrids are good at (city). I would expect city mileage 35 and if they give it a smaller diesel saying hybrid technology is quite strong in 5 years then maybe 40+ for highway. Lets hope maybe better? 5 years is a long time for tech to get better
Egisto Soldi 3:02AM (5/29/2008)
Mr. Tata bites with hybrid. It means he wants to fight against Toyota, he wants to sell a lot of cars... in Italian: http://autonovita.blogosfere.it/2008/05/laggressivita-ibrida-del-signor-ratan-tata.html
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British_Rover 9:21AM (5/29/2008)
They haven't just started working on Hybrids as the Land_e concept came out two years ago and the LRX concept came out late last year. Land Rover isn't going to just throw in any random hybrid tech that won't work off-road. They could have used a modified version of the Escape Hybrid system but that is rubbish off road.
All those escape hybrids that California lifeguards got last week are going to get stuck the moment they get into loose deep sand. Pretty soon you will see a team of lifeguards strapped into dog sled rigs with the hoff standing on the hood shouting mush using a whip on them.
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notYou 9:38AM (5/29/2008)
I'd rather they spent the time, energy, and resources on fixing the XFs face.
I'm just sayin'.
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Alex 10:13AM (5/29/2008)
it's worth remembering that until a few months ago Jaguar and Land Rover were the red-headed stepchildren of Ford. Ford was far too concerned with keeping F/L/M afloat to spend R&D money on Jaguar (who was herroraging money) or Land Rover (who was just breaking even) for new hybrid technology.
Is five years for a hybrid too little too late? It's too early to say. Suppose Land Rover's hybrid is a monster offroad; you'll see a rather large number of government contracts alone for military purposes. We don't know what Tata has up its sleeve. They are the 2nd largest company in India, to say they can't afford the best and brightest engineers (many of which come from India these days) would be foolish at best.
In ten years we will be talking about Tata the way we talk about Toyota, BMW, or Honda. Giants in the industry who are constantly pushing the technological edge.
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