Consider this- my work car only has a 1.4 litre diesel engine and the speedo goes up to 160mph!! I think Europeans are so much better at tuning engines because our fuel is so expensive- we want to have economical cars that go fast!!
How fast do you think fast is???
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Consider this- my work car only has a 1.4 litre diesel engine and the speedo goes up to 160mph!! I think Europeans are so much better at tuning engines because our fuel is so expensive- we want to have economical cars that go fast!!
RE: How fast do you think
You pretty much always have been better at that, Emma. The only American car I remember winning the fastest car award was the Dodge Viper and that only lasted for a year.
Looking at it another way...Ferrari's famed 12 cyl engine has a smaller displacement than most American V-8's and some American 6 cylinders. When Roger Penske took over the Chevy Indycar engine program, he immediately moved it to England. The only diesels ever to run at Indianapolis were Mercedes. Everybody laughed at them at first, but they would have finished in the top ten except one broke down and one crashed. BMW toured North America a few years ago with a concept car that featured an internal combustion engine that burned hydrogen. SUVs...especially North American ones...use the same technology as 1980's pick-up trucks.
When somebody tells you that the North American auto industry is innovative and leading edge, they are wrong. If that somebody is a honcho in the auto or oil industry or a politician, they are lying.
You pretty much always have been better at that, Emma. The only American car I remember winning the fastest car award was the Dodge Viper and that only lasted for a year.
Looking at it another way...Ferrari's famed 12 cyl engine has a smaller displacement than most American V-8's and some American 6 cylinders. When Roger Penske took over the Chevy Indycar engine program, he immediately moved it to England. The only diesels ever to run at Indianapolis were Mercedes. Everybody laughed at them at first, but they would have finished in the top ten except one broke down and one crashed. BMW toured North America a few years ago with a concept car that featured an internal combustion engine that burned hydrogen. SUVs...especially North American ones...use the same technology as 1980's pick-up trucks.
When somebody tells you that the North American auto industry is innovative and leading edge, they are wrong. If that somebody is a honcho in the auto or oil industry or a politician, they are lying.
RE: How fast do you think
You pretty much always have been better at that, Emma. The only American car I remember winning the fastest car award was the Dodge Viper and that only lasted for a year.
Looking at it another way...Ferrari's famed 12 cyl engine has a smaller displacement than most American V-8's and some American 6 cylinders. When Roger Penske took over the Chevy Indycar engine program, he immediately moved it to England. The only diesels ever to run at Indianapolis were Mercedes. Everybody laughed at them at first, but they would have finished in the top ten except one broke down and one crashed. BMW toured North America a few years ago with a concept car that featured an internal combustion engine that burned hydrogen. SUVs...especially North American ones...use the same technology as 1980's pick-up trucks.
When somebody tells you that the North American auto industry is innovative and leading edge, they are wrong. If that somebody is a honcho in the auto or oil industry or a politician, they are lying.
You pretty much always have been better at that, Emma. The only American car I remember winning the fastest car award was the Dodge Viper and that only lasted for a year.
Looking at it another way...Ferrari's famed 12 cyl engine has a smaller displacement than most American V-8's and some American 6 cylinders. When Roger Penske took over the Chevy Indycar engine program, he immediately moved it to England. The only diesels ever to run at Indianapolis were Mercedes. Everybody laughed at them at first, but they would have finished in the top ten except one broke down and one crashed. BMW toured North America a few years ago with a concept car that featured an internal combustion engine that burned hydrogen. SUVs...especially North American ones...use the same technology as 1980's pick-up trucks.
When somebody tells you that the North American auto industry is innovative and leading edge, they are wrong. If that somebody is a honcho in the auto or oil industry or a politician, they are lying.
RE: How fast do you think
You pretty much always have been better at that, Emma. The only American car I remember winning the fastest car award was the Dodge Viper and that only lasted for a year.
Looking at it another way...Ferrari's famed 12 cyl engine has a smaller displacement than most American V-8's and some American 6 cylinders. When Roger Penske took over the Chevy Indycar engine program, he immediately moved it to England. The only diesels ever to run at Indianapolis were Mercedes. Everybody laughed at them at first, but they would have finished in the top ten except one broke down and one crashed. BMW toured North America a few years ago with a concept car that featured an internal combustion engine that burned hydrogen. SUVs...especially North American ones...use the same technology as 1980's pick-up trucks.
When somebody tells you that the North American auto industry is innovative and leading edge, they are wrong. If that somebody is a honcho in the auto or oil industry or a politician, they are lying.
You pretty much always have been better at that, Emma. The only American car I remember winning the fastest car award was the Dodge Viper and that only lasted for a year.
Looking at it another way...Ferrari's famed 12 cyl engine has a smaller displacement than most American V-8's and some American 6 cylinders. When Roger Penske took over the Chevy Indycar engine program, he immediately moved it to England. The only diesels ever to run at Indianapolis were Mercedes. Everybody laughed at them at first, but they would have finished in the top ten except one broke down and one crashed. BMW toured North America a few years ago with a concept car that featured an internal combustion engine that burned hydrogen. SUVs...especially North American ones...use the same technology as 1980's pick-up trucks.
When somebody tells you that the North American auto industry is innovative and leading edge, they are wrong. If that somebody is a honcho in the auto or oil industry or a politician, they are lying.
although i own no car or other self propelled veciecle be sides my bike i must say that fast is relative and fast is what i see here everyday in montrealy not that many accedents but tons of near ones i mean i say 2 this mornin on the way to school
although i own no car or other self propelled veciecle be sides my bike i must say that fast is relative and fast is what i see here everyday in montrealy not that many accedents but tons of near ones i mean i say 2 this mornin on the way to school
although i own no car or other self propelled veciecle be sides my bike i must say that fast is relative and fast is what i see here everyday in montrealy not that many accedents but tons of near ones i mean i say 2 this mornin on the way to school