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Originally Posted by 98s14inaz
The theoretical "Silvia Hybrid" that was suggested in the op's thread is not going to be marketed towards the wealthy. That's why I kind of scoffed at the notion of the Lexus cars being mentioned. The car needs a price point below the Z for Nissan to compete with the offerings from the other companies like Toyota/Subaru/Hyundai. I just don't see the price being low enough considering how much it costs for a boring slow Prius. I'd take small displacement and turbo over hybrid any day of the week and it would still have great fuel economy.
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well this is true, but I still think Nissan has a hat trick left to do if this becomes more than a rumor. You can't compair a hybrid sport-com to a sports car. Even when it comes to price range, sure if for the same price they could get a Z but consumers are getting smarter and smarter and actually thinking about fuel economy. If the option was available to me I would rather have a moderate horse power hybrid over a Z only because for the most part my commute to work is less then a mile. That isn't even far enough for the gas engine to be turned on. But at the same time there is also the option for the hybrid to be the low end model that is just economy spec and if thats true it is more likely to be under 25k. The reason why i mentioned the lexus hybrids was to point out the fact that there is production performance hybrids on then market.