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The killer is the engine in fatbobs car was built in a joint venture with GM, Saabs parent co. 150hp., 44.8 mpg avg. stock. The beauty of a diesel in a passenger car is you can mod the hell out of it and get as good or better mpg. My 90hp VW now has well over 50% more torque and hp over stock, yet gets as good mpg figures as a bone stock car. Too bad we're not smart/motivated/environmentally aware or whatever enough to duplicate these efforts in North America. I can understand a v8 that makes 500hp and gets 10mpg better than the crappy 4 and 6 cyl gas engines we keep getting here.
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