From: Mark Roberts
Scott Loveless wrote:
>On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 5:09 PM, Mark Roberts <[email protected]> wrote:
>> When your car and your motorcycle both have roughly the same
>> horsepower, getting on the bike for the first time in several months
>> makes for a profound demonstration of the concept of "power-to-weight
>> ratio".
>
>Considering that you drive a Prius, had you not specifically said
>"motorcycle", I wouldn't have known which bike you were talking about.
>
>:-O
Funny thing is, I was recently looking through some car stuff on the
web and came across specs on the original Ford Mustang - the base V-6
was rated at 105 horsepower, which is 5 *less* that the Prius (and my
Triumph Sprint) and had a top speed of 95 mph, which is 10 mph slower
than Al Gore's son got busted for doing in his Prius ;-) Of course,
the top speed of the Triumph is around 160...
Base 64-1/2 Mustang had a straight 6.
I don't know when the V-6 was introduced, but it was not until some
years later ... I think perhaps with the Mustang II (first downsizing
attempt to recapture the original small car aspect).
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