An American Hybrid Pickup Truck
January 1st, 2010 | Author: admincato
Many Americans like myself, prefer a pickup truck to a car for driving and hauling purposes. With most Americans thinking fuel economy and using green thinking I thought for sure a hybrid pickup truck would be easy to find.
I found 2 models right away, both from GM and both full size. The Chevy Silverado and the GMC Sierra are large and dependable pickup trucks. The improved fuel mileage and reduced emissions is good but I prefer a truck that is a little smaller.
If you look to Japan for the answer you will get the same answer from Toyota. There are reports they too are planning on offering a hybrid model of their full size pickup. They even unveiled a concept version the FTX. This is one great looking truck but the fuel mileage is still not there. Honda is also tinkering with a hybrid version of their popular Ridgeline pickup. There has been no public announcement and no info can be found.
I did find if you leave the hatch open on the Toyota Prius it could haul small loads. So I continued my search. This eventually led me to pickup truck that was built in America and had fuel efficiency at 45 mpg.
Unfortunately it was 25 years old and the whole idea was abandoned in America soon after its creation. Do you remember the 1982 Volkswagen pickup? This pickup truck had reliability and was fuel-efficient. Remarkably this truck is still in production in South Africa. There are no plans to reintroduce it to the American market.
This means if you want a hybrid pickup you have only two choices. A good point about the two is that they are dependable, reliable and American.
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It’s great they are making a hybrid pickup, but…. GM is advertising 20mpg city/23 mpg highway in a 1/2 ton 2 wheeldrive Hybrid pickup. I happen to own a 2003 Chevy 3/4 ton HD 4×4 pickup with the Duramax diesel engine and average 18-19 mpg city/ 20-22 mpg highway (140,000 miles on it now) in a pickup that weighs half again as much as the 1/2 ton. I can also haul and tow up to 2-3 times the weight the 1/2 ton pickup can (which I need to do for work). So my question is, are they really putting any effort into building hybrids?? A 1 mpg gain in a lighter vehicle seems pretty lame.
Imported American Cars, American Pick Up Trucks, American SUV’s and American Vans have been popular in the UK for more than 50 years. Whether it is that dream of driving a Classic American car from the rock and roll era such as a 1969 Chevy Camaro SS or one of the Mopar muscle cars such as the Dodge Challenger, the British have always loved importing American vehicles. There is a vibrant American import car scene in the UK with many American car clubs to join and American car shows all over the UK to show off your modern or classic imported American vehicle.
I agree with admincato that Chevrolet Silverado Hybrid is the most popular Hybrid truck. That is the reason for its highest sales last year. Performance wise it is one of the best and gives you a great mileage.
In terms of mileage, i think Chevrolet Silverado Hybrid has a great competition from GMC Sierra Hybrid Truck. I think both are good in mileage. Does anyone have an idea, which one is better in mileage?
I have not seen mileage comparisons but I bet some of our readers could tell us.
Please let us know if anyone does.
Well reducing the carbon footprint is recommended by most environmentalists and people that study this sort of thing. To say one model is better than another would be a matter of personal preference and chances are all of our readers would have various answers.
I did write about the Chevrolet Silverado Hybrid in a previous post and it is popular.
I would like to hear from anyone who owns a hybrid to let us know their opinions also. Thank you for leaving the comment.
Cato
I would say this is the demand of the day. If we will not look for better options as far as our vehicles are concerned we cannot control the global warming. In addition could you please let me know which is the best option of hybrid pickup truck available in the market today.