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spudfan

Member Since: 10 Sep 2007
Location: Co Donegal
Posts: 4475

Not a great time to be launching a new car

Not a great time to be launching a new vehicle when you see this happening.
https://www.msn.com/en-ie/cars/news/europe...3c54a17e55 1982 88" 2.25 diesel
1992 110 200tdi csw -Zikali
2008 110 2.4 tdci csw-Zulu
2011 110 2.4 tdci csw-Masai

14th Feb 2023 8:30pm

markb110

Member Since: 22 May 2010
Location: Guildford
Posts: 2520

it is a joke.

People (especially at this time and the foreseeable future) cant afford to pay for a family useable EV.

They certainly wont be buying one for their kids when they grow up and with the average pay of £19k they wont be financing one on PCP at £600 to £1,000 a month, let alone on average two vehicles per household.

And again the current problem of no parking and charging at home wont go away because you cant make a parking space for two if the space is not there........and just wait until pavement parking is banned, that alone is going to cause Mary hell for some of the roads near me (and i hate pavement parking, but its the only way you will get a lorry and bus down those roads).

And finally manufacturers cant afford to build cars that many don't want or can afford so then your back to less cars built, at a higher price to ensure profits and alienate the masses again.

The future is looking well and truly

up. If only there was a vehicle out there that can be rebuilt and kept going for ever......oh yeah, the Defender Classic.

Congratulations Spud by the way.....you survived Valentines Day

14th Feb 2023 9:23pm

spudfan

Member Since: 10 Sep 2007
Location: Co Donegal
Posts: 4475

Not quite there yet...

1982 88" 2.25 diesel
1992 110 200tdi csw -Zikali
2008 110 2.4 tdci csw-Zulu
2011 110 2.4 tdci csw-Masai

14th Feb 2023 9:31pm

MartinK

Member Since: 02 Mar 2011
Location: Silverdale (Lancashire/Cumbria Border)
Posts: 2664

2011 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 USW Orkney Grey

This gives me hope

A common sense alternative to scrapping thousands of petrol and diesel vehicles, and maintaining the current infrastructure of "petrol" stations.

Ineos could play a big part in this future as a chemical company

At the moment this new fuel is more than double the price of existing petrol/diesel, but I can see that gap narrowing in the future...

Defender "Puma" 2.4 110 County Utility (possibly the last of the 2.4's)

15th Feb 2023 10:23am

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