[V8] 40 mpg A8

[Dave Head]

Not until low sulpher fuel is mandated...

Kent McLean wrote:

>Last night on the Discovery Channel, Top Gear did a test of
>a twin-turbo V8 engined A8: can it go from London to Edinburgh
>and back to London -- 800 miles -- on one tank of fuel? Yes.
>Jeremy Clarkson managed to average almost 40 MPG to do it,
>just barely making it back to the filling station long after
>the "miles to empty" had hit zero.
>
>How?  The engine was a 4.0L diesel, which we don't get here
>in the USofA.  Maybe with gas over $3/gallon here, Audi well
>re-evaluate its position.
>
>--
>Kent McLean
>'94 100 S Avant, "Moody"
>'89 200 TQ, "Bad Puppy" up in smoke
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