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Old 10-13-2008, 01:40 PM   #1 (permalink)
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DIY, 100 MPG Car is Back on the Road After 20 Year Hiatus

Through the forums I learned about the interesting story of a two men who built a super-efficient car back in 1984 to combat high gas prices, only to pull it off the road again when prices became more manageable. The two, Craig Henderson and Bill Green, founded Avion in 1984 and then spent two years [...]

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Old 10-14-2008, 12:10 PM   #2 (permalink)
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I wonder just why they took the car off the road. Sure, I can understand why lower fuel prices derailed any interest in manufaturing it, but they had the prototype. If I had a slick-looking, one-of-a-kind high mpg car in my garage, I'd be driving it even if gas was free,
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Old 10-14-2008, 12:19 PM   #3 (permalink)
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They need to get cracking with this. Form an orderly queue please!

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Hiya,

They have some videos of the car in action on their web site:

Avion Video - High fuel efficiency


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