small diesel pickup== 50-55 mpg

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Jan 22, 2008 | 06:40 AM

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Valv

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Originally Posted by RickG

Part of the reason European vehicles appear to get better mileage than U.S. vehicles is their Imperial gallon is 20% larger than a U.S. gallon . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compari...rement_systems
Reduce their mpg by 20% for an accurate comparison . U.S. emissions requirement accounts for loss in fuel economy also .

Yes I know about this, in fact it's already being included in the calculations.

Still the fact overseas have same vehicles with TDiesels and we don't it chaps my.....you know what.
When I was young I had a Citroen Diane, 600cc air cooled car, very light, it did 74mpg any time, and that was late '70s early '80s
My 1st turbodiesel was a Citroen CX station wagon (large car) with a 2.4l I was getting 65mpg if I babied it, then around 45mpg if I was driving at 90mph on interstate (it was in Europe, not here).

Where that "technology" went ? We did go backwards, not forward....