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Old 02-20-2019, 04:50 AM   #10 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by cRiPpLe_rOoStEr View Post
RWD might not be the problem. You know, they're geared quite too low in order to enable them to climb steep hills and rice fields with an overload which predictably kills fuel economy...
While that part is true, the losses are still a big deal. We dyno'd one. The drivetrain losses given the quoted power were hilariously high.

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Originally Posted by cRiPpLe_rOoStEr View Post
Maybe if it had the same driveline of the former Suzuki Celerio Diesel which used the same engine mounted transversely in FWD?
Most likely. Though apparently, the Celerio gets low gearing also.
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