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10-13-2008, 02:40 PM	#1 (permalink)
SVOboy Dartmouth 2010 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Hanover, NH Posts: 6,447 Vegan Powa! - '91 Honda CRX DX Team Honda 90 day: 66.52 mpg (US) Thanks: 92 Thanked 123 Times in 90 Posts	DIY, 100 MPG Car is Back on the Road After 20 Year Hiatus Through the forums I learned about the interesting story of a two men who built a super-efficient car back in 1984 to combat high gas prices, only to pull it off the road again when prices became more manageable. The two, Craig Henderson and Bill Green, founded Avion in 1984 and then spent two years [...] More... __________________ EcoModder's best: Donate to EM \| Window clings \| EM Shirts \| Better Gas Mileage \| MPG Tracking More fun sites: Green Home Improvement \| crxMPG \| Benjamin FT Jones \| Vegan Recipes \| Car-free Living

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10-14-2008, 01:10 PM	#2 (permalink)
jamesqf Master EcoModder Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Earth Posts: 5,209 Thanks: 225 Thanked 811 Times in 594 Posts	I wonder just why they took the car off the road. Sure, I can understand why lower fuel prices derailed any interest in manufaturing it, but they had the prototype. If I had a slick-looking, one-of-a-kind high mpg car in my garage, I'd be driving it even if gas was free,

10-14-2008, 01:19 PM	#3 (permalink)
vtec-e Master EcoModder Join Date: May 2008 Location: Ireland Posts: 507 De Yaris - '04 toyota yaris T2 90 day: 69.55 mpg (US) Thanks: 111 Thanked 32 Times in 22 Posts	They need to get cracking with this. Form an orderly queue please! ollie __________________

10-14-2008, 03:42 PM	#4 (permalink)
NeilBlanchard Master EcoModder Join Date: May 2008 Location: Maynard, MA Eaarth Posts: 7,908 Mica Blue - '05 Scion xA RS 2.0 Team Toyota 90 day: 42.48 mpg (US) Forest - '15 Nissan Leaf S Team Nissan 90 day: 156.46 mpg (US) Number 7 - '15 VW e-Golf SEL TEAM VW AUDI Group 90 day: 155.81 mpg (US) Thanks: 3,475 Thanked 2,952 Times in 1,845 Posts	Hiya, They have some videos of the car in action on their web site: Avion Video - High fuel efficiency __________________ Sincerely, Neil http://neilblanchard.blogspot.com/

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