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Originally Posted by Sven7
I have a hard time believing any ICE car could acheive 40mpg at LeMans. When my '92 Probe 4 cyl can barely sustain that at a steady state how is a 50 year old race car going to get that?
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Super aero, tiny (but good) engine and weighing less than the contents of your Probe's glovebox
the MOTOR test report
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RECORDING a maximum speed of 125 m.p.h., as an average of timed two-way runs with a passenger as well as a driver being carried, the Lotus XI provides a vivid illustration of the huge gain in small sports car performance which has taken place during the past decade. Able to accelerate the same two-man load from a standstill to 100 m.p.h. in only 23.6 seconds, this car invites incredulity as to its modest 1,096 c.c. engine size, until almost equally miraculous fuel economy figures (which range from 32 1/2 m.p.g. at a sustained 100 m.p.h. to 55 1/2 m.p.g. at a steady 40 m.p.h. on the level) are also observed.
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