For those of us with Toyota Echo's and the newer Yaris 35mpg would be considered a gas guzzler
Toyota Echo Fans Community :: Index
Toyota Echo Fans Community :: Index
..............Not sure why they don't market diesels in the States. They don't cough black smoke like the days of old and are very refined and quiet.
It's my understanding that these engines don't meet the US EPA requirements.
Go here and mouse over the different models to get an idea of the kind of fuel economy of just the Renault vehicles alone.
How can one not see the cost benefit in 64 MPG?
Go here and mouse over the different models to get an idea of the kind of fuel economy of just the Renault vehicles alone.
Renault UK - Car Range
How can one not see the cost benefit in 64 MPG?
People can, but US folks remember the Car of the Year Renault Alliance...........and the memories are painful..........
My Dad and Brother probably represent the attitudes of most Americans when Dad wont buy anything smaller than a Lincoln Continental and Brother swears by his Ford F-350 Dualie.I dont mind that they want to throw away vast sums of money on gas but please quit complaining about the price per gallon.
What they think of my Toyota Echo and my Mazda Miata would not be politically correct to print..
My Dad and Brother probably represent the attitudes of most Americans when Dad wont buy anything smaller than a Lincoln Continental and Brother swears by his Ford F-350 Dualie.I dont mind that they want to throw away vast sums of money on gas but please quit complaining about the price per gallon.
What they think of my Toyota Echo and my Mazda Miata would not be politically correct to print..
.............. Do you think if the price of gas was $7 or $8 a gallon, like in some other parts of Europe, it would get people to look at more fuel efficient vehicles? Even diesels?........................
I think it was the Le Car that did them in.
PS many of us, if we could tell the honest truth, would probably rather have that 12-cylinder BMW instead of the hybrid diesel tin can, even if we could only drive proportionately less mileage per year
Aw, come on. The convertible was HOT!
I think it was the Le Car that did them in. But how could they go wrong with marketing like this?
Just read in Popular Mechanics that VW is going to sell diesels again in the U.S. Supposedly 75mpg!
Here are the stats on a VW Polo 80ps TDI (diesel)
Pferdestärken* 80
Engine cubic capacity 1400
Fuel Consumption
Urban 51.4mpg - 5.5l/100km
Extra-urban 72.4mpg - 3.9l/100km
Combined 62.8mpg - 4.5l/100km
Engine emissions 119g/km
Engine noise levels 71.0dB
Engine maximum Speed** 108mph - 174km/h
Engine acceleration 0-62mph 12.8secs
Maximum output PS 80 at RPM 4000
Maximum torque 144 lbs.ft / 195 Nm at RPM 1800
Insurance group rating 5