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QOTD: Dealing With The Metric System

The Truth About Cars

We Yanks like to think we're in this bubble of Imperial measurements, but many of us, myself included, live within a reasonable drive of Canada -- a place that uses the metric system. of a mile, you can convert mpg to km/h by multiplying by 1.6. Yup, we're gonna talk about the metric system. I've run a few 5Ks and since those are 3.1

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New Ford Police Interceptors deliver up to 35% better fuel economy when idling

Green Car Congress

A recent study of police car use in Ottawa, Canada, showed the average police vehicle idles for up to 6.7 liter V6 in the Police Interceptor sedan delivers 288 hp (215 kW) and EPA-certified fuel economy of 18 mpg city, 26 mpg highway (13 and 9 L/100km). hours in every 10-hour shift. The base 3.5-liter The optional EcoBoost 3.5-liter

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New Ford Police Interceptors deliver up to 35% better fuel economy when idling

Green Car Congress

A recent study of police car use in Ottawa, Canada, showed the average police vehicle idles for up to 6.7 liter V6 in the Police Interceptor sedan delivers 288 hp (215 kW) and EPA-certified fuel economy of 18 mpg city, 26 mpg highway (13 and 9 L/100km). hours in every 10-hour shift. The base 3.5-liter The optional EcoBoost 3.5-liter

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Volkswagen unveils mid-size SUV plug-in diesel-electric hybrid concept at Detroit Show

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Developed specifically for US and Canada, the six- to seven-seat midsize crossover CrossBlue is targeted at the rapidly growing mid-size SUV segment, and would sit in the Volkswagen SUV lineup above the Tiguan and below the premium Touareg. l/100km) combined (37 mpg highway and 33 mpg city), 89 mpge (2.64 The CrossBlue concept.

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Ford tweaking calibrations to boost on-road fuel economy for MY2013 hybrids

Green Car Congress

Ford is boosting the on-road fuel economy performance of its 2013 model year hybrid vehicles in the US and Canada. Ford had attracted criticism (and lawsuits, see below) around the end of 2012 for the large discrepancy between real-world fuel economy results for the C-MAX hybrid and its EPA fuel economy ratings—47 mpg (5.0

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Audi introducing supercharged gasoline engine version of SQ5 SUV at Detroit Show

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The new top-of-the-line gasoline model, which was designed specifically for markets such as the United States, Canada and China accelerates from zero to 100 km/h (0-62 mph) in 5.3 seconds on its way to a top speed of 250 km/h (155 mph). liters of fuel per 100 km in the NEDC (21 mpg US). The Audi SQ5 consumes on average 8.5

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Road Test: 2022 Honda Civic Sedan 1.5T Touring

Clean Fleet Report

Honda bumps up mpg & power. turbo at 31 mpg city/38 highway/34 combined. mpg combined, with a 90-mile all-freeway run, using the adaptive cruise control set at 65 mph, the average bumped up to 40.8 non-turbo, fuel economy estimates are 30 mpg city/37 highway/37 combined. 50+ MPG and good handling, too.

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