hybrid
I agree it does seem possible - I think I read somewhere the 2.4 was mounted sideways (i think transversally or horizontally opposed R the terms big car companies use to confuse us but i dunno :? I guess i'm just verbally challenged). If they went down to the 2.0 liter or 1.8 litre world engines that should give the engine compartment some room for a hybrid conversion. However I think the CVT transmission does take up quite a bit of space too.
I dont think this segment will see many hybrids, if any, since these vehicles are mostly car based they do tend to get decent mileage as is. And since Jeep/Dodge calims to be the segment leader all ready in terms of gas mileage I can't see them making a switch. Toyota has never used the RAV4 platform to do this which is shocking since they seam to have the primo hybrid gear. But I have also read that hybrids are over-rated in terms of what they actually add to mileage.
So to sum up possible but not probable.
I agree it does seem possible - I think I read somewhere the 2.4 was mounted sideways (i think transversally or horizontally opposed R the terms big car companies use to confuse us but i dunno :? I guess i'm just verbally challenged). If they went down to the 2.0 liter or 1.8 litre world engines that should give the engine compartment some room for a hybrid conversion. However I think the CVT transmission does take up quite a bit of space too.
I dont think this segment will see many hybrids, if any, since these vehicles are mostly car based they do tend to get decent mileage as is. And since Jeep/Dodge calims to be the segment leader all ready in terms of gas mileage I can't see them making a switch. Toyota has never used the RAV4 platform to do this which is shocking since they seam to have the primo hybrid gear. But I have also read that hybrids are over-rated in terms of what they actually add to mileage.
So to sum up possible but not probable.