« Reply #12 on: 05 January 2019, 12:38 »
Most of those other manufacturers offer longer warranties than VW, so less worry for the consumer - even Alfa Romeo offer 5 year warranties now. Most mace also implemented MPI as VAG did. I'm hoping that VAG have removed the tech because it's no longer required to keep coking at bay.
The MPI was never for anti-coking though was it? Wasn't it purely for particle emission control in itself?
The engine itself doesn't have to fundamentally change to give you a hybrid, just tie in with supplementary electric motors.
I think the answer to that is "it depends"
We have hybrids to supplement power at the top end, I do wonder, for the sake of economy why we haven't really had much in the way of front end electric working? Imagine a petrol engined car with only 3rd/4th/5th/6th/7th gears and 1st/2nd is taken care of exclusively by electric motors for cleaner and more economical city crawling.
That would make a lot of sense actually, I wonder why nobody has done it? Complexity issues? You'd still need hybrid capability in low gears in case of no charge though.
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