[Vwdiesel] Interesting diesel concept car

[mikitka]

I know I would buy something like a diesel HHR with a warranty like that.
Well if it got at least 28mpg or better. :)
Nick

-----Original Message-----
From: vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com] On
Behalf Of William J Toensing
Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 3:57 AM
To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
Subject: [Vwdiesel] Interesting diesel concept car

If you haven't read these two links, I urge you to do so & a BIG thank you
to Roger Brown. These articles are about a German Opel concept car that set
some new world RECORDS! 1)It ran at an average speed of over 141 MPH for
over 24 hours and averaged 31.4 MPG for the run! In a run to achieve maximum
economy the same car got as high as 111.2 MPG!

Remember, Opel is the European division of General Motors! Now this was a
special concept car designed to showcase their new ECOTECH 1.3 CDTI diesel
engine. the engine also meets the Euro 4 emission limits, what ever that is.
If GM can build an engine like this for the European market, why can't they
build one for the American market? I have shunned GM products due to the
crap they sold in the USA during the 1980s. However, if they would sell a
Chevy HHR with this diesel engine for $1,000 or even $2,000 above the price
of a gas engine HHR & offer a 10 year/100,000 mile driveline warranty like
Hyundai/Kia does, they would probably get me back as a customer.
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