Is it already setup for straight vegetable oil? Hopefully before you fill it with biodiesel, you'll get that converted, too, and then be good for 65+ and even fewer bad emissions.

This is just a PR stunt to get the public opinion up regarding Ford cars. This model will never make it into production. I have to give it to the design team, they are innovating, but somehow none of those concepts make it into production. Remember Ford Cockpit? Exactly!

Just what I've been wanting a hybrid diesel that also looks cool. I hope someone builds something like this.

I agree that this car will probably never make it to production--I'm being pretty tongue in cheek here with this post. I'm skeptical that these concept cars even have the working features their creators claim. But it's fun to drool, no?

nice idea tho- tbh Ford has never really loved change. did you ever hear the story about Henry returning from europe after years of Modle T's only, his employees surprised him with a brand spanking new Model-A they made while he was away... so Mr. Ford looks at on the factory floor, circles it a bunch of times, then tears the door off with his bare hands, then proceeded to tear the entire car apart by hand!
(apparently its a true story)

anyhoo--- this does look liek PR (good PR) just like tehir Climate Change Report 2 weeks ago....

wanna really getthem changing?? adopt a ford dealership!

The story of Ford destroying the concept is true. Henry was so convinced that the T was all a man needed in a car that he refused to change. Ok BUT that was several generations ago.

It's funny how many enviro people put down the domestics as backward etc. Ford has been building flex fuel cars for quite some time and has produced 10 million of them. These have mainly been Taurus cars and Ranger pickups. They were and currently still are the only domestic with a real hybrid vehicle with plans to build more. (Sorry GM but a start/stop full size pickup is not a real hybrid in my mind.)Does that sound like a backward company who isn't interested in change to you?

jacob:

"then they will give this car to me. Isn’t that nice of them? I still can’t get over it."

am i supa naive and believeing you. or was that kidding? if it isn't true, what abuot the Daryl Hannah part??

wow. it looks like i may have to eat some crow:
looks like the Ford Exploder is going SULEV!!! Wow! (well- the 6V explorer, anyway)

no Tim, that doesnt sound like a backwards step--

and Ford did have Beth Ardisana running their alt fuels (and got extra brownie points for hiring women & visible minorities) and yeah, even the NYC taxi deal with natural gas crown victorias was a cool babystep.... and of course William McD re-doing deerborne is kewel-- if you are goint to compare them with GM sure they rock. and sure, it isn't even possible to make a steamliner turn at 90 degrees let alone 180..

all that being said-- did you read their climate report? kinda weak.. and where did the PNGV go?? and where do you draw the line between real solutions and lip service?

That was one chuckle-filled post. Thanks Jacob!

It is really to bad that this is probably simply a PR stunt and that this will never make it into production. That is typical of concept cars however and hopefully some of the components will see the production floor someday, particularly that diesel-electric hybrid. We ought to be seeing more diesel-electric hybrids and I'm not really sure why we aren't. Must be Americans' odd misconception that diesel has to be dirty. Maybe once the new ultra-low sulpher diesel its the U.S., people's minds will begin to change...

Does anyone know of ANY diesel hybrids in the works? I was so proud of my Prius until I got wise (a bit late, it's true) to the (kinda sorta) perfect world of bio-diesel. I want a 5 passenger care that runs on soybeans (canola, corn, etc.) NOW! Doesn't even hafta be cool (as the idea of COOL cars seems kinda Happy Days to me, anyway.

Sign me up. I'm in for one - most definitely! Too bad Ford's Mustang Mach III never made it.