article thumbnail

Junkyard Find: 1987 Chevrolet Sprint ER

The Truth About Cars

What was the most fuel-efficient (mass-produced, internal combustion-powered, highway-legal, non-gray-market, four-wheeled, et freakin' cetera) new car available in the United States during the 1980s? If you want to be picky, the 198 6 Sprint ER was the gas-mileage king of 1980s America, rated at 44 city and 53 highway miles per gallon.

Chevrolet 105
article thumbnail

Indian car and 2W OEMs recall 284,906 vehicles in 2023, 5.35 million since 2012 | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

A vehicle recall is when a manufacturer or a legal entity determines that a particular model needs to have a repair in order to comply with all the safety standards. Maruti Suzuki effected three separate recalls covering 35,752 units.

2012 52
article thumbnail

T&E: VW sells least polluting Euro 6 diesels in Europe; no brand meets Euro 6 in real-world driving; loopholes & defeat strategies

Green Car Congress

Among the real-world findings per car brand: Fiat and Suzuki diesel cars on average exceed the NO x limit by 15 times; Renault-Nissan vehicles by more than 14 times; General Motors’ brands Opel/Vauxhall by 10 times; and. The carmakers’ ranking was built with on-road performance figures mostly measured in real world driving.

Pollution 150
article thumbnail

Ola S1 Pro Electric Scooter: Test Ride & Observations

Plug In India

But one thing that they have forgotten is the gas cylinder. Any mass scooter in India has to be able to comfortably fit the LPG gas cylinder test on the floorboard and Ola fails that test. But I would have been happier with a flat floorboard, aka the Honda Activa and the Suzuki Access.