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Old 10-22-2014, 04:54 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Nostalgia! Miss the V-Tail flights out of Chino airport and over to the coast with my uncle,after a great breakfast at the airport diner.

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Old 01-10-2015, 04:34 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Here is the 2014 Cadillac CTS Vsport
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Yeah, does anybody else remember the PNGV? Not that long ago, either.
Here is GM PNGV 'Precept' concept.I don't know what Cd they would claim for it today.They've down-graded their numbers.
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Long enough--more than 20 years ago that the program started, and nearly 15 years since the concept cars were shown.

Meanwhile, we could have been driving these by now...

I love this Intrepid design. With a diesel hybrid it could be hypermiled probably to 100mpg...
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Old 01-10-2015, 05:51 PM   #15 (permalink)
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That particular design did just that - well close to it.
80 mpg and it was a diesel hybrid.

http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...3-a-20792.html

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