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Originally Posted by Honda100
Funny you should mention it, my brother in law I found has a Suzuki Super Carry for his business, manual trans. I asked him how my mpgs he gets and his reply was (13 km/l) which translates to 30.5 mpg US.  I guess it's just the country's fault then, because the only thing I know of here that can do any better while still being a "car" are the Kubota diesel swapped Kei trucks. They usually do 50-65 mpg, but I really don't want to drive around in a manual Kei truck all day,  |
Kei trucks can also be available with automatic transmission, altough many still have a 3-speed slushbox, while few ones have an overdrive 4-speed. Anyway, in a front-engine (or mid-engine as some folks quote the Kei trucks) RWD there's still enough space to adapt some auxiliary overdrive unit if you wouldn't mind to mess with the driveshaft. Or could eventually re-purpose a transfer-case of a 4WD Kei-truck just to have lower ratios when needed to compensate for a taller differential ratio in a 2WD one converted with a Kubota. BTW have you never considered a Diesel conversion for the Atos?