Under EU law, all new car models must undergo standard tests which include acceleration, top speed, fuel consumption etc. It is surprising how many UK car magazines quote the time taken to reach 62 mph (without further explanation).
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 05 January 2008 04:46 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:39989] BBC News presents news about a new vehicle in metric only I came across the news video report below on the BBC News web site (International Edition) that describes a French car that uses compressed air to drive the engine: http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/check/player/nol/newsid_7170000/newsid_71 71000?redirect=7171043.stm&news=1&nbwm=1&nbram=1&bbwm=1&bbram=1&asb=1 I presume that the fact that this is on the Int'l Edition explains why all the info about the vehicle is in metric, including the top speed (since all speed limits in the UK are still in Imperial only). Still, it was fun to see the metric (and to learn about the car!) Ezra
