Isn't there something about if you have a car and a truck, both have 5 star crash test ratings, but the car weighs 2000lb's and the truck weighs 4000lb's, and they both meet head on in a collision, the people in the car are 8 times more likely to die?
Then take a car that weighs 2000lb's, and meet it with a semi that weighs over 13 tons... hmmmm. that sounds interesting.
I don't think that at anytime we are gonna get rid of big heavy vehicles, because some people want them for their luxuries, some need them for their hauling capabilities, and we're always gonna have freight. and lets face it... we're always gonna have stankin' rich people who can afford to drive big heavy gas guzzling vehicles! (truck, or no truck. we'll always have those Bugatti veyron drivers lol.)
I always thought that this tidbit from the Veyron was funny.
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The top speed was verified once again by James May on Top Gear, again at Volkswagen's private test track, when the car hit 407.9 km/h. When getting close to the top speed during the test he said that "the tyres will only last for about fifteen minutes, but it's OK because the fuel runs out in twelve minutes."
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It also consumes more fuel than any other production car, using 40.4 L/100 km (5.82 mpg) in city driving and 24.1 L/100 km (10 mpg) in combined cycle. At full throttle, it uses more than 125 L/100 km (2.1 mpg), which would empty its 100 L (26.4 gallon) fuel tank in just 12 minutes[9].
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