04-29-2004, 10:04 PM
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It's amazing though to think 2 years ago at the Dallas Auto Show I asked the Nissan Product specialist about the upcoming production version of the alpha-T concept, and he said he didn't think it would make it to production; because it was to far fetched...........December 2003 Nissan Titan went into production.
This year I asked the Toyota Product Specialist about the FTX, and you guessed it, "too far fetched"............September 2005 Toyota Tundra begins it's reincarnated life.
The point is that of course this concept will not be on the showroom floors about a year from now, but use your imagination and you see the clear direction Toyota is going with this. The front end is almost production ready.
I can already picture the 'retouched' spy photos of Tundra Mules running around in the Mojave area which bear close resembelance to this concept.
So Foo is correct. In a little over a year from now that Hybrid V8 Tundra will be the "cutting edge styling" winner of the NAIAS.
And yes, if gas is $3.50 per gal. by then, .....oops.... Nissan has no Hybrid engine that could compete at 25-30 mpg.
BTW, yes full hybrid is planned for the product line...... I think the sleeping giant(Toyota) has finally been awakened!
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