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Originally Posted by 14'ecocruze
The Diesel phasing out sucks but if they keep tweaking for efficiency in gas cars we should be able to make up that ground hopefully.if they had a more efficient emissions system for diesel cars they would be the way to go because without emissions they crush anything a gas car will ever do.
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Gas cars do pretty good without emissions systems too.
Formula One Engine Efficiency
2014 intercooling - Page 8 - F1technical.net (3rd picture has some crazy low BSFC figures)
There are many compromises made in mass-market engines, gas or diesel, that reduce thermal efficiency.
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