[Vwdiesel] A few TDI followup questions

[McCanless, James]

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From: "McCanless, James" <james.mccanless at lmco.com>
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Subject: RE: [Vwdiesel] A few TDI followup questions


> Shalyn,
> <snip>. To think that in the UK you could get a 150 HP 1.9L TDI Golf 
> and still approach 50 MPG US. I would love to ride in one of those.
>
> Troy
>

Holy schmokes.  Well at 150 HP and 50 MPG US there ain't gonna be
anything left like schmoke coming out of the pipe.  I am scheptical as
this, at first blush sounds like free energy.  Why didn't the engineers
try instead to make a 75 HP engine that gets 100 MPG US?  I'd pay money
for one of those.

Rob