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Originally Posted by XanthosV6
All three cars were diesel... or at least two of them were.
- Xanthos
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and yet here we are still running on regular gasoline.... I still say 4.5L diesel camaro Z28. 500ft lbs of torque and 40mpg.
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Originally Posted by Dragoneye
I've just got one issue with the Big Oil conspiracy theories....what piece of legislation, or rule in some mandate written by the Government...is preventing the Big Three from making high-mpg cars here in the US?
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the rule of american consumerism. look back a year or so ago. when big trucks and SUV's were the "cool" thing. gas was cheap, no one cared about gas prices. then gas skyrocketed and auto manufacturers are left with this overabundance of big trucks/suvs and everyone wants the small cars like back in the 70s. regardless of if they are only getting 2mpg more in their little car. but the thing to keep in mind is that while the auto companies do push the technological barrier, the need for it is not drastic. while we WANT more mpg, we dont NEED it to survive. and until that point comes, the mpg will climb ever so slowly. the vehicles getting 50+mpg are going to be expensive as crap due to the fact that they are a new vehicle/engine and people arent set up to just buy new cars that are going to cost them more to buy it than it would to buy the extra gas for their current vehicle.
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Originally Posted by Dragoneye
As for the diesel -- you might be surprised how clean diesel is. But again -- our culture is not accepting of a diesel car. Not to mention it'd be more expensive than a gas-equivalent.
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it would be more expensive until our culture were to switch to it over gasoline. most people hear/read diesel and think = dirty. but anymore, they are becoming as clean if not more clean than regular gasoline engines. not to mention the power capabilities of diesel. I cant wait for the 4.5L to drop into GM's cars.