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zman · 02-19-2010, 10:37 AM

Nissan Leaf has a pretty good solution for city driving, yet there is not a specialized car for highways. All the car companies build cars which have satisfactory city and highway performance characteristics, none of them are great at either.
Lots of people commute long distances at highway speeds yet there is not a specialized car on the market which is built with great highway performance in mind.

If you were on a design team for Ford, GM, Toyota, etc. and a project landed on your desk to design a specialized highway car what would you come up with?

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zman In persuit of Efficiency Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Gainesville Florida Posts: 34 Bouble - '01 Toyota Echo 2 door 90 day: 41.62 mpg (US) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Design Ideas on a car for primary highway use Nissan Leaf has a pretty good solution for city driving, yet there is not a specialized car for highways. All the car companies build cars which have satisfactory city and highway performance characteristics, none of them are great at either. Lots of people commute long distances at highway speeds yet there is not a specialized car on the market which is built with great highway performance in mind. If you were on a design team for Ford, GM, Toyota, etc. and a project landed on your desk to design a specialized highway car what would you come up with? __________________ [http://ecomodder.com/forum/em-fuel-l...ehicleid=2541][/url] Last edited by zman; 02-19-2010 at 10:39 AM.. Reason: spelling