Hoping they get it here soon. Latest Wheels mag had the head of holden predicting that Aust wont get petrol/diesel in the next 5-10 years. A prediction which is backed up by the CSIROs 2008 report “fuel for thought”. Sydney paper today reckons that within 20 years, Aust will need to replace 80% of it’s petrol products with LPG……..the writing seems to be on the wall……..petrol prices will just keep going up (once the economy is back on track) until we are forced to use LPG.

interesting that LPG is quite cheap because there is no exise on it…..YET…….with petrol running out, it is only a matter of time before state and federal govs need to make some extra tax somewhere….and LPG will be it!!!!!

and then if ur really cheap or a environmentalist FREAK then u can buy a lpg / diesel hybrid. lol JKZ JKZ

nah but seriously lpg/diesel hybrids are a great idea i mean first, lpg is less that half the price of petrol, which means u save even more while ur driving around at 10 km/h thatn u do with petrol,

and with diesel being more economical than a normal hybrid (PROVEN ON CARADVICE.com.au) then a diesel-hybrid would be even more economical and slower than a normal hybrid, (its like a hybrid-hybrid lol), and yet lpg causes less c02 than petrol and diesel causes less c02 than a petrol hybrid.

Now im not a big hybrid man myself, nor do i intend on buying a hybrid, im pretty much into sporty v6’s and v8’s but i just thinking of the lpg-hybrid & diesel-hybrid because 1 of my cars duel fuel. (For those who must know its a 2003 Holden VY Berlina).

but the only problem with lpg is that u get less km per tank than petrol. I get about 350-450 km (70 litre lpg tank) and between 500 – 650 km (65 litre petrol) i always fill up with premium 98 RON, i found out u can get upto 100 km extra a tank. depending on my driving style sometines

im sure ive heard and read of the Diesel LPG conversions in action.

it seems a bit suss that the $2,000 system delivers in exactlly the same way as the $4,300 system.

i know in the case of petrol conversions that the $2,000 setup will only buy you the old tech stuff, whereas the $4,300 system will get you the latest tech stuf that is much much better.

out of interest, were both systems quoted from the same distributer/fitter?

ill see if i can dig something up

before we start guessing consumption figures, has anyone hear dof what it might be?

what does a petrol elantra consume?

if the LPG version runs for 50% of the cost, it must be using slightly more LPG than the Petrol version consumes, because LPG is less than half the price to start with.

ah-huh, elantra uses just shy of 8.0l/100k.
the LPG hybrid would presumably use 8.5L at a guess.

if it was 5.0L as some suggested, it would running for closer to 1/4 the cost of the petrol versions.

either way it makes for bloody cheap motoring.

and by the sounds of it, the electric side is just a gimmocky thingy

if only ford pulled their finger out and put a latest tech LPG injection system in their current E-Gas range

No, that’s not what I was on about. As Yianni says, there is only one LPG vehicle is on the market at the moment. It’s a large car with a poxy gas setup which nobody buys.

A dedicated LPG I30 that returns say 6.0l/100 without crappy, ungreen batteries would be an instant favourite. It doesn’t have to be fast or flash. Just fill with airbags, add ESP and ABS and watch it fly out of the showrooms.

Great work Hyundai! A company that is finally giving customers what they want.

I’ve always wanted an LPG car but the options are very limited if you want one from the factory. Also the Falcon LPG isn’t exactly record breaking for its fuel consumption even running LPG since it has a large engine.

This smaller engine combined with the battery pack should consume around 5l/100km of LPG which will definitely make it the cheapest car to run in Australia no questions asked.

Now all they have to do is put the drive train/hybrid system in an i30 and I’ll run out and buy one :)

Hopefully they will act smart and bring it over here in a hurry.

Cheers

But it does beg the question, what is wrong with a 1.6l LPG only car, bugger the battery crap.

Hyundai obviously has the LPG compatible engine, so please just stick it into the I30, Cerato, Getz, etc. and get them onto the Aussie market NOW.

Me think a lot of people here drive Hyundais.

Its brilliant, hope it comes to OZ and sells for less than $25k, they will sell millions of them.

ASAP Hyundai

Cheers

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The whole idea of hybrids is to cut down on fuel bills firstly and cut down on Co2 secondly so why would anyone use petrol to try and achieve those goals??

Keep it up Hyundai you “Really” are changing the game forever!!

It’s as if the sole point of this motor is just so the car can be called a hybrid… not too different from the solar panels on prius’s article.