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Old 02-16-2014, 06:18 AM   #9 (permalink)
D.O.G.
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Originally Posted by abently View Post
I had always believed E10 would perform worse mileage wise as well until I saw this (trying to find a BSFC map for a K11 Micra) >

http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/8225/3/Fiel...ionEthanol.pdf

Doesn't make sense....
From memory, the reason given for E10 being 2% cheaper than E0 when it was introduced in Australia, was the expected 2% reduced fuel economy.

Maybe cars produced after that, like the Micra used in this 2010 study, are specifically tuned to run better on E10?
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