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Originally Posted by old_biker
the Chevrolet Sprint in mid late 1980's had a few versions, & 1 was for economy, the normal model, & a Turbo version.
Honda also made a special version of the CRX in early years with better mileage.
this will be slightly off topic, but probably first you will hear of it, in early 1980's Dodge & Plymouth made a car called a Omni, or Horizon, nothing special, & everyone thinks about the 2.2 liter OHC engine, however!!! they also offered a gasoline Peugeot 4 cylinder 1.6 liter cam in block in those cars, very very rare, I have 1 I started parting out, but could snap pics of engine as drivetrain is still I it. it got 45-50 with a 4 speed, always wondered what it would have done with a 5 speed over drive & tweak engine for a hair more power.
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My parents went down to the Dodge dealer in 1978 (I was 8) and bought a new Omni. Top of the line, but an automatic if I remember right. Much to my dismay as there was also a full boogie Aspen R/T 360 there for the same price, but the Omni was car of the year and going to save us big in the Carter malaise (actually my stepdad was a big fan of FWD in Montana's snowy winters his other car being a 75 Eldorado with FWD... and 500 cubic inches). It had a VW sourced 1.7 inline 4. I got to drive that car to Oregon and back 10 years later in 1988 and blew the head gasket with still under 100,000 miles on it. I think it was $300 to fix, and we sold it the next year for $800 still almost cherry with under 100,000 on it.