Suzuki Twin Hybrid car Review

There are some cars that were never meant to make it, that is simply the way of the world when it comes to car companies. Try as they might, some of the models that they produce will not make it in the market because the public is just not ready for them yet. This is the case of the Suzuki Twin and its hybrid style that was thought to be the next big thing. Sadly enough this was not the case and the car found its self in the scrap pile long before most would have ever thought. This is more common then people would like to believe. Car makers the world over are constantly producing new models, many of which will never see the road. These cars are built and then test marketed, through a long series of trade shows and such. Once the shows are complete, the car makers will look at the data that they collected to make a determination on whether or not the car should be produced. Less then one percent of all new models that are created for testing will ever be produced.

The Suzuki Twin was a bit ahead of its time, or at least that is what the experts believe is the case any way. The Twin was one of the first hybrids that hit the market, but the technology was still new and not well liked in the early days. The price of gas was driving all of the car makers to the design rooms in hopes of creating something that would sell well to the now angry consumer base. When Suzuki introduced the Twin it was thought to help ease the burden on the consumer by being highly fuel efficient but it fell short in many other areas. For one thing the three cylinder engine did not appeal to most of the car buyers of the time. While they wanted better gas mileage they did not want to trade off the amount of power they were used to. The three cylinder engine, similar to the one put in the Geo Metro, was not popular because it lacked the over all power that people were used to having. It topped out at around sixty miles an hour and was not meant for highway driving.

While the Twin was equipped with an electric assist motor it made very little difference. The three cylinder gas motor was already high in the efficiency, pulling in some forty miles or more per gallon, so it was not necessary to have the electric motor installed. The Twin was actually created to give consumers, like those in Japan, a tax credit for fuel efficient and low emissions vehicles, a practice that has been in place since the end of world war two.

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