yeah, there was 1.4something in town today.
and while i was in town, i stopped by to see my friends dad who sells cars for a living. (been doing it for as long as i can remember) he said a couple of interesting things:
1. after giving the year, engine size and all that, he told me that my eclipse would have between 140-170 horsepower based on its year, and that he would say it probably has 145. i don't know how this would translate into bhp. any ideas?
2. he said that the disparity between American and european cars in the amount of power is caused by 2 things. first, the emissions is stricter in america, so there is less airflow going in and less airflow going out. that alone is huge. on top of that though, the computer chip that controls the engine and its lift and whatnot, is tuned differently for each country depending on how citizens drive. americans have much different driving habits than you guys in the UK, so that takes out another chunk of horsepower. most people don't know that they can increase horsepower by changing their computer chip to one that responds differently and acts differently, and tells the engine to work differently.
and as for why we don't have .9 liter cars here is because there isn't much of a market for them. not until the gas prices get way up will we see real revolution of the auto market. there are still more SUV's on the road than economy cars. i'm just happy my eclipse gets 25-26 miles to the gallon, i used to have to drive my parent's minivan!
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