ABG: Nissan axes Altima Hybrid for 2012
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ABG: Nissan axes Altima Hybrid for 2012
http://green.autoblog.com/2011/06/14...brid-for-2012/
After sifting through Nissan's incredibly lengthy "The 2012 Nissan Lineup: Charting the Changes" presser and digging deeper for more info, we can confirm that the Altima Hybrid will vanish from Nissan's extensive lineup of vehicles come 2012...
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Re: ABG: Nissan axes Altima Hybrid for 2012
Dunno. Maybe Carlos Ghosn didn't want to keep paying Toyota for parts to each car?
http://wot.motortrend.com/altima-hyb...ech-87329.html has some speculation. If they do replace it, I suspect they'd use a single motor parallel hybrid system w/clutch like the Infiniti M hybrid, but they can't use the Infiniti M's system directly since the M is RWD and the Altima is FWD.
http://www.dailytech.com/Nissan+Plan...ticle18956.htm was an article from before the Infinti M (aka Nissan Fuga) hybrid was released.
http://wot.motortrend.com/altima-hyb...ech-87329.html has some speculation. If they do replace it, I suspect they'd use a single motor parallel hybrid system w/clutch like the Infiniti M hybrid, but they can't use the Infiniti M's system directly since the M is RWD and the Altima is FWD.
http://www.dailytech.com/Nissan+Plan...ticle18956.htm was an article from before the Infinti M (aka Nissan Fuga) hybrid was released.
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