And to add, there is the efficiency of large torque, high horsepower without burning lots of fuel.

That was my main point. It would be great if a car got 100mpg, but most people will not trade off what is necessary to do that right now. Most people will not put up with waiting for the car to come up to speed, or lackluster performance to achieve that kind of gas mileage. Might be better to go for marginal gains that people will buy than try for the whole hog now.

Most of the fleet getting 1 mpg more is better than 1% of the fleet doubling the mileage.


John (A Wee Enginneer)