Speaking of HP numbers a friend of mine secretly purchased an 83 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham Coupe recently. I was doing a little research for him. The 4100 engine is rated at 135 HP. I was wondering just how small a car you would have to buy now for such low horsepower. I discovered that a 2016 Nissan Sentra has a 1.8L 4 cylinder that produces 130 HP. Or a 2016 Toyota Corolla with a 1.8L produces 132 Horsepower. Isn't it amazing to look back at cars we thought were fast and see they were producing 150 (or less) Horsepower! Now, 175-200 HP is pretty ordinary and available on relatively cheap and small cars. It surprises me how far we have come.
I think it is also interesting to think about the fact that 150,000 miles is pretty typical with newer cars. Now, a cheap mid size car will run for 200,000 miles without many major repairs. Remember the days when that was only true for Mercedes and a few other cars? Don Snook -----Original Message----- From: Curt Raymond [mailto:curtlud...@yahoo.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2016 10:57 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Subject: Re: [MBZ] 1972 Town and Country wagon on BAT Pre-malaise era 440, the HP number isn't exciting, the 5.7l in my RAM is rated at 345HP but the torque number, 350#ft and its probably all down low, what a stump puller! -Curt From: Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Cc: Andrew Strasfogel <astrasfo...@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2016 11:47 AM Subject: [MBZ] 1972 Town and Country wagon on BAT This car is incredible - the last of an era of cheap gas and excessive size. It appeals to my basest instincts. Gotta love that dual function rear hatch - the very acme of early 1970s technology. Has crank windows except for the tailgate glass which is electric. wtf! http://bringatrailer.com/listing/1972-chrysler-town-country/ _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
