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| Top Gear America Adam Carolla, Tanner Foust, and Eric Stromer present this American spin-off. |
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Dispenses buckshot medication for all undead patients.
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http://www.topgear.com/us/features/m...-a-70-mpg-car/
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wants to fondle your manboobs
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Doesn't seem to work outside the US
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The Gas Miser - hey what you going to do?
Good luck with this - I hope it workd out OK.
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Joined: Aug 14th, 2005
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They must change the head lights to proper European ones, because now it looks like shit. And the VW Golf mk1 is one of the best looking cars.
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I'll keep an eye out for this car here since they are bringing it to CWS Tuning. No promises though!
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I'm not Moe
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The 70mpg shouldn't be too impossible, but the 7 second to 60mph will be tough. A quick search resulted in these acceleration times for the diesel Rabbit:
1979 Volkswagen Rabbit (Diesel) 0-60mph: 21.3 seconds 1/4 mile: 22.2 seconds ^ The 0-60 is almost the same as the 1/4 mile ![]() 1979 Volkswagen Rabbit (Turbo Diesel) 0-60mph: 17.9 seconds 1/4 mile: 21.0 seconds So they'll need to cut at least 11 seconds off the 0-60mph time. Last edited by bartboy9891; February 22nd, 2009 at 6:33 PM. |
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Dispenses buckshot medication for all undead patients.
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Cool, I just noticed that Viper posted this on the front page. Schweet.
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Not saying it's going to be easy but it's definitely not impossible.
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Joined: Jul 8th, 2008
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Location: Germany
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Car: 1979 Opel Kadett (Oliver's Son)
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Why replace the lightweight original Diesel with a heavy, modern VW TDI engine? This car easily does 48 to 50 US mpg with the original engine, so one should maybe start from there... on the other hand, a new engine puts one a _massive_ step closer to the 7s 0-60 mark...
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Joined: Jul 21st, 2008
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Should be an interesting project. The VW/Audi 2.0 TDI is a great engine. Still, this will take some serious work for them to achieve the goal they've set for themselves.
I've been wanting to do a diesel challenge for awhile but we're just so damn limited here in the US as far as diesel options go. In LA, the only cheap diesel cars you can get your hands on are the old Mercedes.
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