Subaru: The Future is Electric and Diesel
More details on diesel WRX and future hybrid Subarus
Another hard charging Scooby
Speaking to Motor Authority, Dominick Infante, national manager of product communications for Subaru of America said the car will be ‘very very quiet’ and you will only notice it at idle.
The diesel WRX’s economy will be on a par with the oil-burning Outback, which averages 38mpg on motorway driving, adding the move to diesel results in ‘no small increase in fuel economy’.
‘At full throttle in this car it’s designed to be very very quiet. That Subie thrum is still there but with the work that the engineers did on quieting the car you really only notice it at idle, under acceleration it’s just really quiet in there,’ he said.
There is a also a hybrid Scooby in the pipeline, thanks to the company’s new found friendship with Toyota.
There are few specifics on what kind of car it is but it is expected to have the usual Subaru characteristics, including a symmetrical AWD system and seating for five.
If this isn’t enough Subaru is also working on a pure electric car with its R1e program.
It won’t go into mass production but will be a test bed for a future where Subaru believes plug-in electric cars are a serious option for all driving needs.
Petrol WRX 34mpg
Wow the diesel version can do 10% more mpg big deal around where i live diesel is 11% more expensive than petrol so whats the point.
What they should have done was release a factory fitted LPG system
Diesel £1.25 litre/£5.62 gallon = £14.79 per 100miles
Petrol £1.12 litre/£5.04 gallon = £14.82 per 100miles
LPG £0.54 litre/£2.43 gallon = £8.10 per 100miles (based on 30mpg 10% loss with LPG)
On the fact its a diesel, I don't see it as a problem - provided a petrol one is still available! A mondeo ST-TDCI is a pretty decent alternative to an ST220. In fact would a diesel WRX might open up their market to more company car buyers?
Hybrids need to mature more before going on cars like that though. They can provide massive gobs of torque at low revs but you need a pretty special energy storage device to deliver the same energy to keep that up through the rev range. Would be nice to think one day we'll get a powerful electric motor on tap to boost the engine at at almost any point in the rev range, but without the handicap of lugging around a ton of chemicals in batteries. Hybrid WRX, wonder what tax band that would fall into?
No point in this-no gain for a car of this standard,apart from being quiet.
Something don't add up here ?
Why are car manufacturers making bigger CC engines contrary to the fuel situations all over the world, it's almost as if they don't
give a sh!t about what they produce as long as it out performs their rivals by .001 seconds on a track.
I'm sorry but it's only a matter of time when the client base cant afford anything they produce, I love cars and driving but I fail to see
where their foresight lies ?
TW>>>
Petrol WRX 34mpg
Wow the diesel version can do 10% more mpg big deal around where i live diesel is 11% more expensive than petrol so whats the point.
What they should have done was release a factory fitted LPG system
Diesel £1.25 litre/£5.62 gallon = £14.79 per 100miles
Petrol £1.12 litre/£5.04 gallon = £14.82 per 100miles
LPG £0.54 litre/£2.43 gallon = £8.10 per 100miles (based on 30mpg 10% loss with LPG)
Petrol WRX 34mpg
Wow the diesel version can do 10% more mpg big deal around where i live diesel is 11% more expensive than petrol so whats the point.
What they should have done was release a factory fitted LPG system
Diesel £1.25 litre/£5.62 gallon = £14.79 per 100miles
Petrol £1.12 litre/£5.04 gallon = £14.82 per 100miles
LPG £0.54 litre/£2.43 gallon = £8.10 per 100miles (based on 30mpg 10% loss with LPG)
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