I absolutely agree and I admire those European diesels. Unfortunately few
of them are available in the US. Until very recently the only passenger car
available with a diesel was the VW Passat. Id love to trade my V8 for a
diesel.

Bill Daniels


"Asbjorn Hojmark" wrote in message
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On Tue, 22 May 2007 09:17:04 -0600, "Bill Daniels"
bildan@comcast-dot-net wrote:

If I run my 5.2L V8 at 1500RPM (45mph) on a straight and level road
it gets 37 MPG.

Many European cars rutinely do 35-45 MPG *on average* and close to 50
MPG on a straight and level road. That's running on diesel, but with
only e.g. 150 g/km CO2 emission. Your 5,2L is likely more than double.

-A
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