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turbo taylor
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lounge lizard
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- March 2 2008 : 9:37p
| because they don't have the oil industry over there breathing down thier throats!
there have been alot of people who have mastered ways to make gas cars go well over 60 mpg but the oil and auto makers shut them down from ever producing one unless they say so!
over seas they don't have pressure from oil industry or auto makers either. | |
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- March 3 2008 : 10:25a
| Forget about the diesel, that has probably the best looking interior I've seen in a long time.
And you say to not talk about price, but I'm gonna. How do you like them apples? The admittedly low production VW Toureg V10TT diesel sold for something like $20,000 more than the regular one (no fact checking here). Now, if they had built 400,000 of them, sure, the price would've dipped. But would it dip to the $6000 premium like the current turbo diesels? I doubt it seriously. | |
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- March 13 2009 : 1:37a
| oh yes, revolutionary technology. Surely will hold up towing a 10K trailer.
Completely different type of motor made of light weight materials to be a dyno queen.
That said, I would love to own one.
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Tom in Tacoma
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- March 13 2009 : 12:04p
| Quote: Originally posted by devnull
Quote: Originally posted by lounge lizard
because they don't have the oil industry over there breathing down thier throats!
there have been alot of people who have mastered ways to make gas cars go well over 60 mpg but the oil and auto makers shut them down from ever producing one unless they say so!
over seas they don't have pressure from oil industry or auto makers either.
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Sorry dude, that's a crock of shit. The oil companies have nothing to do with the manufacture of fuel efficient engines or technologies.
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Yes they do! Karl Rove put them up to it. It's a conspiracy! But it doesn't matter anymore since this thread is a year old already. It's too late for us to do anything about it now! | |
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- April 6 2009 : 2:32a
| One word: Dubya. Oil companies are in everything. Even got one to be the most powerful man in the world, albeit one of the dumbest. Yeah there is a big diff between a diesel engine for a car and a truck. Anyone know what the 350? (or 305?) diesels in the caprices got? Jeep has a sweet diesel turbo hybrid. Just heard about the new V6 diesel for the F150; but as much as I love diesels, I don't think it would make any sense to get one over the big gas for that model. HP is about the same, and if you need that much torque for towing in an F150, you NEED and F250! (Once again though, Ford is the truck leader. Twin turbo is another good example. Talk about American MUSCLE. Two turbos are so much sexier than two boobs!
As far as I know Jeep is still testing their engine. I saw one up close getting fuel a year ago or more. I don't believe they are near putting them out because of extensive testing. I don't know for sure though, I don't keep up on new stuff so much anymore. They have changed things a lot lately, always something new. The guy I talked to was basically just driving around to put miles on it. | |
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