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    Report: Toyota Preparing Compact Hybrid
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    Image of mricyfire mricyfire
    07/29/09

    In reply to Report: Toyota Preparing Compact Hybrid
    SIck of the hybrids...Toyota needs a sports car...the TC & Solara, well just isnt cutting it.
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    07/29/09

    @mricyfire: And you, friend, need a non-Toyota.
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    07/28/09

    In reply to Report: Toyota Preparing Compact Hybrid
    Is this the joint venture between Toyota and Apple? That would be like the smug equivalent of an atomic bomb.

    Toyapple iCar.
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    urbanturban666 promoted this comment ☠Grяrяrяrяrя, portrait of a chickenwolfmoosepig. was starred ☠Grяrяrяrяrя, portrait of a chickenwolfmoosepig. was unstarred
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    07/29/09

    @☠Grяrяrяrяrя sings the doom song now!: "doom doom doom doom doom doom"

    -miss bitterz
    -gir
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    Image of Skunky Skunky
    07/28/09

    In reply to Report: Toyota Preparing Compact Hybrid
    Make it a new MR2 and I'd be interested.
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    Image of Motor_Yakuza Motor_Yakuza
    07/28/09


    @Skunky:
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    Image of Motor_Yakuza Motor_Yakuza
    07/28/09

    @Motor_Yakuza:Your next MR2 hybrid.
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    Mobius_1000_Club promoted this comment Motor_Yakuza was starred Motor_Yakuza was unstarred
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    07/28/09

    @Motor_Yakuza: If they just made a new MR2, hybrid or not, I'd respect them a whole lot more.
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    Image of Miscellanea Miscellanea
    07/28/09

    In reply to Report: Toyota Preparing Compact Hybrid

    I believe this is just as relevant here as the original post.
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    07/28/09

    @Miscellanea can finally edit his name... brakes...: But... but... I want EVEN MORE SMUG!
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    Image of maximum-sienna maximum-sienna
    07/28/09

    In reply to Report: Toyota Preparing Compact Hybrid

    So when will they make a hybrid that is self aware?
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    Mobius_1000_Club promoted this comment Edited by maximum-sienna at 07/28/09 4:32 PM maximum-sienna was starred maximum-sienna was unstarred
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    07/28/09

    @maximum-sienna can't comment 9 out of 10 times: Robotic monotone: "Shutting down hybrid system. Must. Not. Protect. Human. Environment. Must kill human population."
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    07/28/09

    @maximum-sienna can't comment 9 out of 10 times: I'm sorry, Dave. I can't let you make that comment.
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    Mobius_1000_Club promoted this comment ☠Grяrяrяrяrя, portrait of a chickenwolfmoosepig. was starred ☠Grяrяrяrяrя, portrait of a chickenwolfmoosepig. was unstarred
    Image of Boosted Lego Wagon Boosted Lego Wagon
    07/28/09

    In reply to Report: Toyota Preparing Compact Hybrid
    Possible names:
    The Pris
    The Smuglet
    The Hindsight
    The Mini-Prie
    Purgatory
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    07/28/09

    In reply to Report: Toyota Preparing Compact Hybrid
    Ooooh a Toyota hybrid compact,i'll save this story for when i can't sleep
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    Image of Paul Y. can't get in the club; gotta parking lot pimp Paul Y. can't get in the club; gotta parking lot pimp
    07/28/09

    In reply to Report: Toyota Preparing Compact Hybrid
    I could see the appeal of a smaller, lighter, cheaper, simpler, less-whiz-bang hybrid. I figure, if it's available with lots of stuff prefixed with the word "manual," it could be a hit with, well, me. I can see it now: a basic car that happens to be super-efficient that will actually start in the winter? Where do I sign?
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    Image of TimTim TimTim
    07/28/09

    In reply to Report: Toyota Preparing Compact Hybrid
    So this is how they plan to make their cars more exciting? Sorry Toyota, you're still not getting it.
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    07/28/09

    @TimTim: To be fair, it is only in Japan. Do they care about exciting cars that much over there?
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    07/28/09

    @TimTim: Yeah, it's no wonder that no one is buying their cars. Oh wait.
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    07/28/09

    @cabjf: There's some truth in that. Most people in Japan live in crowded metropolitan areas. Even if you were to own a car there, you would not be able to drive it like you would on a twisty Michigan road.
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    Image of TimTim TimTim
    07/28/09

    @cabjf: So you're saying this doesn't count against their excitement score?
    @Hello Mister Walrus: Their words, not mine. Thus the link.
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    07/28/09

    @TimTim: They were being modest. Of course it's better to have a broad variety of cars, including those that appeal to enthusiasts. However, if Toyota is not "getting" the car business, I don't know who else is.
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    07/28/09

    In reply to Report: Toyota Preparing Compact Hybrid

    They've already got it entered in NASCAR.
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    Image of lilwillie lilwillie
    07/28/09

    In reply to Report: Toyota Preparing Compact Hybrid
    So just a tiny bit of smugness this time?
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    Image of Flathead Smith Flathead Smith
    07/28/09

    @lilwillie heart clicks GM:
    This is inversely proportional. A smaller hybrid, leads to an increase in overall smugness.

    Here’s the official equation:
    Smugness= ((750 lbs/MC) + (5 ft/LC))*100=percent smugness
    Where MC=Mass of Car in lbs and LC = LC in ft.

    For example if a car weighs 1400 lbs. and is 12 ft long then:
    750 lbs*smug/1400lbs + 5 ft*smug/12 ft= (.54 smug+.42 smug)*100=96% smug

    Whereas:
    If a car if a car weighs 2500 lbs and is 18 ft long then
    750 lbs*smug/2500lbs + 5 ft*smug/18 ft= (.3 smug+.27 smug)*100=57% smug

    *This does not figure in pure battery power for propulsion.
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    Mobius_1000_Club promoted this comment Edited by Flathead Smith at 07/28/09 4:32 PM Flathead Smith was starred Flathead Smith was unstarred
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