Earlier this year, it looked like to be another great year for cars' companies in Thailand. Motor sales had been up, until a recent surge in oil price slowed them down. Until 6 months ago, one of hot sale cars is a "SUV" (not really a SUV, but legally a modified pick-up truck) from Toyota called Fortuner, at 3000 vehicles per month. It 's said to be assembled in the Philippines. Its gasoline engine version uses a 6 cylinder 2.7 liter engine which sure to suck up fuel real fast. A diesel version use a 3.0 liter engine and cost more : but people were in a waiting list for 3 month before getting it. I suppose by this time, due to high oil price, their sale must have been cooled down.
I read from Business Week magazine yesterday: an article said that with current technology, car companies can squeeze the fuel effiency to save up to 30% more. Perhaps I should wait at least a year or two before buying a new generation of more fuel-efficient car. I believe car companies, in response to more customers who will want to save money on fuel, will start churning them out from assembly lines in about 2 years.
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