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Junkyard Find: 1992 Geo Metro 4-door hatchback

The Truth About Cars

The good news is that it has electronic fuel injection and an overhead camshaft. 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.

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Heard At The Show: Snippets from SAE 2009 World Congress

Green Car Congress

Department of Defense and Fuel Economy. Skalny, Director, US Army TARDEC shared the following insights on fuel usage within the Department of Defense (DOD): Every $10/barrel increase in oil prices adds $1.3 billion/year to the DOD’s fuel bill. billion/year to the DOD’s fuel bill. —Bill Cooke.

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