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Doing the hybrid hustle.(News)
Byline: -BOB GRITZINGER, ANDREW LUU & MAC MORRISON
Sure, we'll all recall the 2004 Detroit auto show for its dazzling debuts: the sixth-generation Corvette, Chrysler's wild ME Four-Twelve supercar, the next Mustang and Ferrari's 612 Scaglietti. Here's another one to remember: hybrids.
Hybrid powertrains figured prominently in no less than six major announcements at the Detroit show, including plans for a pair of hybrid sport/utes (and maybe a truck) from Toyota, Honda's bid to move its hybrid program into the Accord class, and the latest in electric-assisted sports cars and wagons from Mitsubishi to Mercedes. Here's a roundup of the hybrid action:
This year's Detroit show was a Luddite's worst nightmare, and Mitsubishi did its part to cause the Neanderthals to panic. Mitsu introduced its Eclipse Concept-E, which features an exterior shape and all-wheel-drive configuration reminiscent of Eclipses past, with an E-Boost hybrid system to contribute power. Front wheels are propelled by a 3.8-liter 200-hp V6, rears by an electric motor that delivers uninterrupted drive, even during gearshifts, for a combined output of-get this-470 hp. There is multilink suspension at all four corners, with the rear setup lifted straight from the Lancer Evolution. If this preview is any indication, the fourth-gen Eclipse can't arrive soon enough.
As the Detroit Three drag their collective feet on hybrids (concerns about profitability, fads and fuel cells, we hear), Toyota snagged North American Car of the Year kudos for its 2004 Prius, the much-improved second generation of the hybrid sedan.
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Source: HighBeam Research, Doing the hybrid hustle.(News)