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iMIEV

今日はTOYOTAヴェンザと三菱iMIEVの試乗に行ってきました。ヴェンザは子供がいる家族にはピッタリな車かと思いました。去年のデトロイトショーで見た時よりもなんとかんく格好良く感じ、なかなか良かったです。

It was a busy day test driving the new Toyota Venza as well as the Mitsubishi iMIEV. The Venza was pretty nice especially if you have kids..which fits in to my needs right now. For some reason, I didn't like it so much when I saw the car first at the Detroit Show one year a go but it actually looks OK on the streets.

午後は場所を移動してiMIEVの試乗。EV車に乗ったのは初めてですが、以外とトルクもあってしっかり走るのでビックリしました。高速道路も問題なく走行して、これであれば十分に満足できます。走行距離をもう少し伸ばす事ができれば全く支障はないですね。が、車からエグゾーストサウンドが聴こえてこないのはなんだか寂しい感じもします。

In the afternoon, we drove down to Cypress and test drove the iMIEV. It was my first time driving an EV Vehicle and I was really impressed with the performance. The car runs great and I even took it out on to the 605FWY. It runs really well and only thing it needs now is a little more range in which I would think the technology of the battery will advance by the time everyone has an EV vehicle in there garage. However, it's kind of sad not hearing any exhaust sounds from the engine...