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Originally Posted by racprops
GOD GOD I hope not, after all such a car would be worthless as a everyday car..."require something very light weight and very aero, with rock-hard skinny tires and a tiny engine with a rather tall top gear that can just barely propel the car along at 60 MPH in top gear."
Heaven help you in any crash, and such tires would not be able to really stop a car not be driven in any weather other pure dry.
I still am a believer in Gasoline Vapor what about that?
Rich
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BTU is BTU. There simply isn't enough energy content in gasoline.
Even the VW XL1 only gets something like ~130mpg cruising on diesel at that speed, and diesel has ~15% more energy per gallon. That car was well north of $100,000, has a 40hp two cylinder turbodiesel with every technology available to make it more efficient, weighs in at 1750lbs, uses 115mm width tires, and has semi-tandem seating to cut down on frontal area. The roofline is only 45 inches above the ground at its highest point.