ZL-1
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Happy 100th birthday! I am surprised someone your age uses the Internet
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asian
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OK, thanks! I'll look it up
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now i'm curious :AH-HA_wink: do you have a link to some article or other online material i can read?
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It all depends on how much the alternate fuels cost relative to gasoline. If a clean fuel for use in an internal combustion engine is more expensive fewer people will use it. To me $3.00/gal is cheap: I pay over 1EUR per litre of diesel and diesel is cheaper than gas here.
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mad
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ribs
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So... how else does one provide an incentive to buy more fuel efficient cars and/or an incentive to buy alternative fuel cars?
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The powers that be won't rise fuel taxes in the US to change consumer behaviour any time soon, because any sentence with the word 'tax' sounds bad to US voters' ears and those guys are in the business of being reelected. EDIT - re the battery thing, I am really hoping GM can pull this off together with their partners. My job makes me naturally weary of the '100K sales projections', but I'd like to see a successful Volt going into history books as an important car in the transition to all-electric.
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hot
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cricket As odd as it may seem, I like cricket
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bat
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birth Still can't imagine how that b*tch of that colleague of mine said to me she didn't have that great of a Christmas when she has a cute new baby cousin born around Christmas time
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killer
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comprehension
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GM bringing 1.4L turbo four to market next year
ZL-1 replied to Drew Dowdell's topic in Heritage Marques
The issue with diesel in the US is that it is not taxed lower than gas like in Europe. That helps (a lot) in shortening the payback period of the premium diesel cars command over gasoline ones. -
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hard
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GM bringing 1.4L turbo four to market next year
ZL-1 replied to Drew Dowdell's topic in Heritage Marques
that's what was explained to me. What I have been told is that it should be done especially after long trips when the turbo has been working hard. -
I think that's the key of part of the CAFE debate within GM. Not RWD vs FWD in general, but Zeta vs other alternatives.
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consultant
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Wow, this thread sure has developed and I see some pretty emotional views here. Very interesting!
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The new C-class headlights remind me of the Statesman/Caprice ones
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Sales number > Production number => Reduced inventory
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GM bringing 1.4L turbo four to market next year
ZL-1 replied to Drew Dowdell's topic in Heritage Marques
The 2.2L makes 148hp, right? I can see the 1.4L I4 coming in at around 140hp/150hp with a fatter (or at least much flatter) torque curve than the 2.2L. It could be an interesting entry-level engine!
