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Old 01-10-2020, 07:46 PM   #25 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Andrei_ierdnA View Post
This is a fun scenario to consider, but only as a hypothetical concept.
From a practical point of view it would be absolutely terrible (even dangerous) to drive a 2,800 lb car with a 1.0 liter 3 cylinder NA engine in the US.
It's worse than that. Car & Driver reported that their 2015 Focus Ecoboost sedan weighed 2,972 lbs!
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