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Old 07-06-2009, 10:48 PM   #6 (permalink)
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What's interesting is when the car came out, the official line for going with the 1.8 was it permitted better highway fuel economy because its greater torque = lower RPM.

Which may be true.

But now they're saying something entirely different about the engine choice.

Piwoslaw: wouldn't it be interesting if they offered the "old" 1.5 in the new body style?
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