Nissan 370Z Forum - View Single Post - 83 MPG cars available in the UK True or False

DEpointfive0 · 11-26-2012, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by zmojo

Here is a usa to uk mpg converter link MPG US to MPG UK Converter - Miles Per Imperial Gallon to Miles Per US Gallon Conversion

So it seems 83 mpg in the UK is equal to about 70 mpg in the USA, so it does seem we are getting screwed in the USA on high MPG cars

Yeah, no doubt... If/when VW makes a 3 cylinder TDI hybrid, the game will be over, they will average like 100+ US MPG, and the CO2 emissions of diesels aren't bad either... Issue is that CA doesn't want to import them much because they never have to undergo emissions, yeah, NO hybrid has to in CA, but TDI + hybrid is hesitant because you can either do a swap and/or if anything goes wrong with the cats, the diesels will pollute a lot more than gas engines...

AND CA usually is the deciding factor with hypermile-ing cars... Because we buy soooooo damn many of them... And ALMOST EVERY car is CA emissions approved because CA just buys so many cars...