On Thu, 25 Aug 2005 17:29:06 -0400, "Steve Bigelow"
<stevebigelowXXX@rogers.com> wrote:

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>"flobert" <nomail@here.NOT> wrote in message
>news:471sg1lj5tefodtpgfj76u8ij97mgigs30@4ax.com.. .
>> Had they used the diesel golf, it would have been the clear winner.
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>Well, if you're going to change the rules to include car *you* like, I'll
>change them to.

Well, my point was, they stuck to only petrol cars, and not the diesel
versions (there are diesel versions of both the focus and the golf,
and a sizable chunk of GM's european cars are diesel-powered.) Diesel
cars provide significantly better mileage. The A8 was an example of
that - it returned the same mileage as many of the smaller cars, and
its a huge tank, with a large engine. VW also make a lupo (2 sizes
below the golf) and have a diesel version of that which will get
somewhere in the upper 60's for mpg.


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>Honda Insight, 40 litre tank, 3.3 litres/100km.

Actually, found an article in usa today aboutt he lupo - called the
lupo 3L, it uses 3l of fuel per 100km. Was printed in 1999
http://www.usatoday.com/money/consum...w/mauto497.htm
http://www.ecoworld.org/Home/articles2.cfm?TID=285 is een more
complimentary and focusses more on the economy thing.



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