Re: Toyota want to sell 100% hybrids

[farna@xxxxxxx]

I didn't know you were in car sales now! But this is all godd info, thanks Dave! Right now it's mainly "tree huggers" who are buying such vehicles. Buy a Civic gas engine, the small economy engine with five speed, and you'll pay $5K less and still get mileage in the 40s, depending on how you drive. An auto trans version gets a few mpg less, but if you don't like shifting you won't mind. 

Yeah, the warranty sounds really good, and will help sales, but I still suspect that battery life will greatly affect re-sale value. The best thing to do is run it until the batteries need replacing under warranty, get them replaced, THEN sell or trade shortly after if you want another vehicle. Once people figure that one out Toyota will go crazy! 

On September 14, 2005 Dave De Labio wrote:

> What you may not know is that the warranty on the battery in
> a toyota Hybrid has a 8 year 100,000 Mile warranty, in most
> instances the original owner will have sold or traded in the
> car before the battery warranty runs out on it. Honda has a
> sinalr warranty on their Hybrid Battery. I sell both the
> Honda and Toyota Hybrids including the Insight, Civic
> Hybrid, Accord Hybrid, Prius, and Highlander Hybrid. I am
> very familiar with these cars and regularly drive them.
> 
> The downfall of these cars is the time it will take you to
> recoup your investment over a non Hybrid in a small high
> mileage car. Depending on driving habits and mileage it
> could take 10+ years before you recoup the $5000.00 of
> additional investment from fuel economy savings.
> 
> 
> David W. De Labio


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