I think the point is to sell these things to people who feeeeeeel good 
about them and the "cool" factor -- triumph of marketing over common 
sense (but it IS an election year).

--R

Mitch Haley wrote:
> John Freer wrote:
>   
>> To add insult to injury, that 3 cylinder Mitsu gas engine is tuned to
>> burn premium fuel....what were they thinking?
>>     
>
> I didn't catch that. I noticed they beat the 1989 Geo Metro by 14hp,
> but I didn't realize they cheated. 70hp/liter isn't impressive if it
> uses premium. My detuned USA market 190E makes 167/2.3=73hp per liter,
> and it's 22 years old. I believe the 185hp euro version runs fine on
> our gas. My mom's 2005 Chevy Classic is 145/2.2 = 66hp/L, and it runs
> on regular.
>
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