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02-07-2011 #1
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63 MPG on the Highway
Just Not Our Highways
http://www.lewrockwell.com/peters-e/peters-e16.1.htmlThe just-launched Mini Cooper Countryman can get 63 MPGs highway – just not on our highways.
Like so many other diesel-powered vehicles, it's not available in the United States. Instead we get gas-electric hybrids like the Toyota Prius – which maxes out at 48 MPGs on the highway.
It's very strange.
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02-07-2011 #2
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Of course, because hybrids are so great for the earth, right?
All that nickel mining doesn't really count as part of the Prius' carbon footprint, right?
Efffin joke.Nick R.
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02-07-2011 #3
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SURPRISE hybrids are crap on the highway because they just turn back into a regular car hauling around a ton of extra weight!
I WANT MY TURBO DIESEL HYBRID ALREADY.
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I seem to remember a lot of talk about small diesel engined cars coming to the USA when the last big hike in gas prices hit. I thought there was going to be diesel half ton trucks too. Maybe if prices go way up again this summer, they will finally start offering them here. I know VW has the TDI powered little cars but what about everybody else?
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The BMW 335d looks pretty sweet! An aluminum-block, twin-turbo diesel that redlines at 5k??? Yes, please!
Aaron N.
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I would love to replace my 48-52 MPG TDI in on a Mini Countryman. Import more diesels already!
Johnny C.
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I'd much rather have a small turbo diesel in my Silverado 1500 than the 5.3 that's in there. I too will be glad when the US market has more clean and efficient diesel vehicles available.
Traven
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