01-18-2022, 02:43 PM | #11 |
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What's wrong with a mild hybrid in an automatic?
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01-18-2022, 04:12 PM | #12 |
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With a turbo automatic car, a mild hybrid is an improvement with pretty much no downsides. You get: -much better start/stop (wont even notice it with a mild hybrid cause it works so quickly) -little or no lag from stop -torque fill until the turbo fully spools up -slightly better fuel economy -fewer belts or complete elimination of belts plus no separate starter motor. There is a likely a small weight penalty but you're never going to notice it especailly on a 4k pound SUV. |
01-18-2022, 04:16 PM | #13 |
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I actually couldn't tell from the review if his test car actually rode as badly as the pre-facelift one he'd tried. He mentioned something about the ride being better on this car because it was on snow tires, and all of the stuff he mentions about the ride being really bad for rear seat occupants sounds like it was just carryover from his last review.
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01-18-2022, 04:47 PM | #14 |
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01-18-2022, 04:59 PM | #15 |
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Unfortunately, Audi doesn't seem to fit the mild hybrid to their S4/5 cars- yet the same engine gets a mild hybrid in the A6/7.
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