Originally Posted by Skyhook:
Stoob, because I have sold a great many cars abroad, to Cyprus, New Zealand and Australia, especially when Aus vehicle import laws were a lot easier, we filled most of K Lines RoRo service out of Kwai Chung, "we" as in Aussies, back in the day, we were the Kings of Kwai Chung.....
And my response to 100LL, can be found in this article
http://www.evworld.com/library/pacinst_hummerVprius.pdf regarding the Prius versus Hummer diatribe.
We also own a VW Jetta TDI DSG back in Aus, as i am a big fan of todays Euro Diesel advancements, which suits very high mileage highway driving to get the most out of it, which is what we use it for. However, in a city cycle environment ( Hong Kong is all City cycle ) The Prius nails the Jetta in this area , is bigger than the Jetta also but pretty similar in every other regard, I do prefer the K tail Hatchback where carrying kids paraphernalia is concerned. But they both have their pros and cons.
HK is still a bit slow to adopt TDI tech, so for the moment, the Prius is HK's most fuel efficient/reliable second hand car buy, that, can carry around a family of 4 in spacious comfort, offering superior headroom than the Jetta, and manages to easily use less fuel in Hong Kongs 98% city cycle environment. They are pretty close during rural highway long distance driving runs, as per my short clip above which ended up being 4.7 litres per 100km by the time we pulled into our inner city Melbourne home from our family agistment 150km away.