On Jul 26, 2006, at 4:35 PM, Pål Jensen wrote: > I disagree. It uses more fuel than a European luxury sedan and > significantly > more than a european hatch. My seven year old Audi A6, which is a > big car by > European standards (anyway much bigger than a Prius), uses 0,43l > per 10km - > better mileage than a Prius. The fact that it is larger than a > Prius, weight > more than a Prius, is luxurious with interior plastics seemed to be > carved > out of massive granite - not recycled Airfix models, makes the > technology > gone into it far more impressive than whatever Toyota is using.
That .43L per 10Km is 54.7 miles per US gallon. That's not a believable fuel economy number for a car as heavy and as powerful as a 1999 Audi A6. I looked it up: http://www.automotive.com/1999/12/audi/a6/specifications/index.html The 1999 Audi A6 has a 200hp, 2.8L six cylinder gasoline engine and is rated for 9 L/100km(about 26.1 mpg), a little less than half the fuel mileage you claim. That's a believable fuel economy for that class of car with that engine. Is yours equipped with a diesel engine? a different gasoline engine? I know several folks with Audi A6s made in the past 6 years. I think all of them would be thrilled to get 30mpg. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
