This week Danny and Russell are on their own. Together they discuss; Mazda licensing HSD technology, Hyundai announces the Sonata hybrid, Nissan Leaf pricing, Microsoft Hohm and Ford Sync technology integrated with vehicles, the ugly 2010 Prius dash display, the VW Touareg hybrid versus the Porsche Cayenne hybrid, the feds announce they're buying 5,600 hybrids, the sad state of automotive journalism and Toyota bounces back. Hosts: Russell Frost and Danny Cooper Episode #: 10 Time: 1:27:43 Subscribe to the Podcast in iTunes Subscribe to What Drives Us with your favorite podcatcher Direct MP3 Download Leave us a voicemail with your question or topic and we'll try to get you on the air. Just call (575) 51-DRIVE. Become a "Fan" of What Drives Us on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/whatdrivesus or check out our new website with all of the previous episodes at http://whatdrives.us.
Touareg part was funny. A little bit on the history of Porsche Cayenne hybrid.... Porsche was in talk with Toyota to license HSD to do Cayenne hybrid back in 2005. Toyota would only license HSD given Toyota will be providing hybrid transaxle together with power inverter associated with hybrid component. Porsche did not like the idea and decided to do their own hybrid. After 5 years, they are finally coming out with Cayenne hybrid. MPG is not as good as Lexus RX450h but it has more peak hp. We'll have to see the emission... will have get SULEV like the RX450h?
