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Junkyard Find: 1992 Geo Metro 4-door hatchback

The Truth About Cars

Even better news during a time of recession in California (which is where I found this car) is the fuel economy it delivered with a five-speed manual transmission: 40 miles per gallon on the highway, 38 miles per gallon in the city. The good news is that it has electronic fuel injection and an overhead camshaft. Gets 100 kilometers per 4.5

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Heard At The Show: Snippets from SAE 2009 World Congress

Green Car Congress

In this country a lot of the new cars are purchased by higher income households and a typical modest income household is driving a used car.The typical American that is buying a new car, which costs on average $28,000, isn’t currently driving a car that costs $2,000. Department of Defense and Fuel Economy. —Bill Cooke.

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Opinion: Saudi Oil Strategy: Brilliant Or Suicide?

Green Car Congress

National oil producers can and are shifting the cost of the lowered prices to other sectors of the economy. They are reducing the share of long-term contracts in favor of spot purchases. million), and its allies, UAE (2.87), Kuwait (2.8), and Qatar (.67), Asian customers are taking advantage of the competition.