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10-21-2010 10:04 AM |
Suzuki executive: "8 L/100 km (29 mpg US) is fine" - better is not worth the effort
Had to laugh at an interview given by Suzuki Australia's managing director, where he says "car makers who spend money battling to make incremental cuts to fuel use beyond a certain point are wasting their time."
Technically true, of course.
But he goes on to make Suzuki sound somewhat defensive/desperate when it comes to fuel economy:
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"This scramble to get (fuel figures) down is like the four-minute mile," he says.
"Who's going to be the first to get under 3.0 litres, and what does it matter?"
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He then goes on to display a sad but hilarious lack of math skills:
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You save, what, it wouldn't be $100 a year, probably, over 15,000km, 6.0 litres versus 3.0 litres [per 100 km]? You do the sums.
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Clearly he didn't do the sums! You definitely don't end up with only $100 in savings by cutting your fuel consumption in half! (Unless Australians are paying a fraction of what the rest of us pay for fuel... which they're not.)
The article is good for a chuckle, particularly the comments, where people "did the sums".
Link: Fuel economy is fool's gold, says Suzuki |
