tommie gorman Posted December 23, 2006 CID Share Posted December 23, 2006 Car features: I want. New car hits 92 mpg US. Fuel Vapor Technologies has developed what could be the highest mileage car in North America Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingzero2309 Posted December 23, 2006 CID Share Posted December 23, 2006 now if only they could get 92mpg, without sacrificing performance, in more conventional cars nice car though...but i have my doubts about the 92mpg rating....how about after vtec kicks in, im almost 100% certain gas mileage will drop substantially, but who knows...maybe the mpg rating does take vtec into consideration the rear needs some work though, lol...looks ugly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted December 23, 2006 Author CID Share Posted December 23, 2006 Yeah, the rear is about ugly. Remember the car only weighs 1400 lbs. plus fuel. A little over twice what a Harley weighs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PeePs Posted December 23, 2006 CID Share Posted December 23, 2006 Is it really necessary to make it look ridiculously retarded for it to get 92 MPG? lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted December 24, 2006 Author CID Share Posted December 24, 2006 Not just 92 MPG, but... 180 HP 0-60 MPH in 5 seconds 1/4 mile time of 12.9 seconds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparticus Posted December 24, 2006 CID Share Posted December 24, 2006 Only if we could get everyone driving these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted December 24, 2006 Author CID Share Posted December 24, 2006 As far as I can tell, without e-mailing. No price yet. Otherwise it looks do-able. Heck I am not fond of most cars built today anyway. Not much uglier than a lot of others, really. I could see them going well, if they were under $18,000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EWO Posted December 24, 2006 CID Share Posted December 24, 2006 I'm sure the streamlining helps a lot with the 92mpg but even if a "standard" shaped body reduced the MPG down to as low as 70mpg it would still be amazing. I'm no fortune teller but you can bet "BIG MONEY" is looking for a place to bury it starting with the oil companies. Just my $ .02 worth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan314 Posted December 24, 2006 CID Share Posted December 24, 2006 Thats one neat looking car! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roco Posted December 24, 2006 CID Share Posted December 24, 2006 Sorry to put a downer on this impractical car , for family use , Tandem seating never has proved popular , 3 wheeler , nothing wrong with that, but again unpopular , Gas Vapor technology ? all petrol engines are gas vapor burners anyway , Just some are more efficient at producing the vapor , normal % of fuel to air by weight is 14.7 of air to 1 of petrol (Stoichiometric ratio ) older engines from the 1960s required 12-1 ratio, modern lean burn engines of today can run at 18-1 ratio , but need added petrol ratio for starting and acceleration, Remember all petrol engines can run on Gas as well as petrol ,with little modification to the engine, I think the interesting bit here is their claim to be able to keep the flame burning at a ratio of 20-1 +, I can only guess they are heating the petrol just before injection and maybe adding a little water vapor to the mix , nothing new there . The biggest impact on fuel consumption is #1 rolling resistance , #2 weight , and over 60mph #3 air drag, Just about all European car manufactures have compact 4 seat family cars on the road as prototypes that are capable of 100 mpg And have had for some years (Citroen 1999 ) but the public are not ready for such Spartan economy cars just yet , but " times they are a changing " to quote Dillon added link .......http://driving.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,22750-1794324,00.html added another link ....http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/ecotech/economy4.htm just brought one of these for my daughter for Christmas ( $900 S/H ) after sevicing it I got 60 mpg, and checked out its top speed of 110 mph, Yeah , I am a trained car tech from way back, and specialize in Citroen's, so I know the tweaks , just wish I had the same knowledge with puters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted December 25, 2006 Author CID Share Posted December 25, 2006 I like that VW-1. That was an interesting idea, at 318 MPG it would be worth considering for going to work and such. Don't think riding a bus woulld be any cheaper. But I will bet comfort would be right out the window. A/C and such. OK, I just read the first link on the Citroen petrol C1. So what are the drawbacks, beside finding a decent shop to work on it. This is the US. Never mind, after looking around, apparently americans don't like the style. There are no dealerships, or used ones hardly findable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazy Posted December 25, 2006 CID Share Posted December 25, 2006 What I want to know is why American (and others) cars so bad on fuel mileage? Why can't they give our cars better mileage without giving us some funky ass looking cars? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roco Posted December 28, 2006 CID Share Posted December 28, 2006 What I want to know is why American (and others) cars so bad on fuel mileage? Why can't they give our cars better mileage without giving us some funky ass looking cars? No disrespect , but you have cheap fuel over your side of the pond , try paying $7.50 per gallon , It sure sharpens your perspective , suddenly funky ass looking cars don't look so bad , most European family cars now return 40MPG as a normal , none of my families cars return less than 45Mpg , Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted December 29, 2006 Author CID Share Posted December 29, 2006 I think the funky part goes away with our age also Roco. I prefer high mileage on a daily beater. Now on a hobby toy car, who cares as long as it looks good. Or a work vehicle, as long as it pays for itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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