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The technical data is entirely metric. The engine
power is rated in kilowatts only.
Dan
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, 2005-08-16 13:47
Subject: [USMA:33879] Re: Smart Car comes
to U.S. in 2006
At 16 August 2005, 11:16 AM, Paul Trusten, R.Ph. wrote:
When I was in
Germany last month, the Smart Car (a Daimler Chrysler product) seemed to be
all the rage (photo attached). These little "mouse cars" were
everywhere in the city, and were even allowed to park sideways
(headlights facing the curb). The car's fuel efficiency was rated at 4.4
L/100 km. By comparison, my 2000 Saturn SL-2 Sedan uses 9.5 L/100 km. I
shudder to think of what SUVs and pick-ups
use.
My new Ford Explorer with a V8 engine gets about 7
- 8 km/L (13 L/100 km) in the city, and 9 - 10 km/L (10 L/100 km) on the
freeway. The fuel economy readout can be set to colloquial or metric units,
but unfortunately it uses this crazy "L/100 km" measure in metric. Yes, I know
that is common in Europe, but I think using L/100 km is an artificial (and
non-SI) way of measuring fuel economy (I could live with
L/km).
Jim
Jim Elwell, CAMS
Electrical Engineer
Industrial
manufacturing manager
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
www.qsicorp.com
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