Threxx

Packaging issues? What are you referring to?

The Highlander is not at all the same type of vehicle as the Yukon. The Yukon and Sequoia are far more direct competitors.

bitkahuna

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What are each of their towing capacities again? Someone remind me.

DASHOCKER

iTrader: (2)

7700lbs like the Caddy Escalade. You can tow a trailor and have 9 passengers in the Tahoe all at once.

SLegacy99

, no one said that or anything close to that.

Threxx

Yes they did.
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...0&postcount=17

bitkahuna

iTrader: (20)

Thanks. And gee, the Highlander Hybrid has a towing capacity of a whopping 3500lbs. How not similar.

LexFather

I really think these things are going to fly off GM shelves, I hope they build enough to meet demand.

Mr. Jones

GM has publically stated their 2-mode system comes at a $10k premium, even if it manages to outperform Toyota's 2nd gen hybrid system GM unlike Toyota is losing considerable money. Don't be suprised if GM only builds them in very limited numbers.

syswei

I think its more like they've claimed it COSTS them 10k per unit over a regular hybrid, but the cost to the consumer of a Tahoe/Yukon hybrid (I'm not sure how well-optioned) will be no more than a fully loaded ICE Tahoe/Yukon. They are probably including the amortization of development/tooling costs when they come up with the 10k number and the claim that they'll lose money on every unit. I doubt that the variable cost difference is quite as high as 10k.

The Prius wasn't a big moneymaker early in its lifecycle. From GM's standpoint it makes sense to start out losing money, and build volumes until hybrid is more profitable.

Nextourer

Not to mention it'll be spread over more vehicles as MB and BMW use it.

Seriously, they complain that the HSD system is soo complex and expensive and then they manage to come up with something even more expensive (if we take their word for it) and complex.

Well, whatever works for them I suppose. At least it's better than their mild hybrid system.