On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 3:36 AM, Gregg Eshelman <[email protected]> wrote:
> > A Geo Metro could easily match those numbers 20+ years ago. Could do > almost that good with an automatic transmission. > > When a new car can beat the old Metro for MPG in real world use, then > that'll be something for its manufacturer to crow about. > > Even more embarrassing to the current "high MPG" vehicles is the 1994 and > earlier Oldsmobile Achieva with the SOHC 4 cylinder. Had a 1994 Achieva > that averaged 40 MPG on a 882 mile trip, including long stretches of 75 MPH > freeway. In 1995 GM discontinued that engine! Only the higher power, less > efficient, DOHC 4 and pushrod V6 were available in the N-body cars from > then until that line being discontinued. > > So why can't the auto industry build a car NOW with the size and > efficiency they easily Achieva-ed 19 years ago? > Weight, due to all the safety feature requirements, and somewhat due to all the clean air gear. And running methanol spiked gasoline, which is not good for the environment and gives you less gas mileage. Mark ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Introducing AppDynamics Lite, a free troubleshooting tool for Java/.NET Get 100% visibility into your production application - at no cost. Code-level diagnostics for performance bottlenecks with <2% overhead Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_ap1 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
