JimCorrigan
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New Ford GT named "Ford Phoenix" V6 Ecoboost
New Ford GT named "Ford Phoenix" V6 Ecoboost
However, your comment regarding this being a fault of the Americans who designed it is way off base.
Would you like us to recite over and over the needless complexity of German vehicles and their horrible reliability over here in North America?
Shall I quote you the real world fuel economy benefits of the Chevrolet Corvette, an American sports car with its "antiquated" pushrods, especially considering it simultaneously outperforms (in all other metrics) European sports cars costing far more?
Would you be interested in the failure of the official fuel economy results of the 718 Boxster and Cayman with their downsized, turbocharged engines to be improved compared to their naturally aspirated, flat six predecessors?
EDIT: let me clarify my above statement in lieu of the peanut gallery trying to make this into a fight. You are 100% correct it is the fault of the specific engineers (American or otherwise) for this fuel economy gaffe. My post was in taking umbrage with the assertion via the meme that somehow this sort of event is exclusive to, and even expected of, American designed cars.
New Ford GT named "Ford Phoenix" V6 Ecoboost
You have a point when it comes to the failure of the new car to outperform in fuel economy compared to the old one, or its super car contemporaries. It's rare that it shows up on fuel economy test cycles (as opposed to the real world), but there you have it.
Making a V6 less efficient than V8s, V10s....even less efficient than your own 12 year old Supercharged V8.....well done Ford, well done. Clearly such fine engineering will continue inside the engine, wonder how long these "Turbo V6s" last under load. Better buy one of these limited edition sheds and park it in a garage for 10 years to sell to the next collector who doesn't dare to drive it But at least they named it ECOBOOST :lol:
However, your comment regarding this being a fault of the Americans who designed it is way off base.
Would you like us to recite over and over the needless complexity of German vehicles and their horrible reliability over here in North America?
Shall I quote you the real world fuel economy benefits of the Chevrolet Corvette, an American sports car with its "antiquated" pushrods, especially considering it simultaneously outperforms (in all other metrics) European sports cars costing far more?
Would you be interested in the failure of the official fuel economy results of the 718 Boxster and Cayman with their downsized, turbocharged engines to be improved compared to their naturally aspirated, flat six predecessors?
EDIT: let me clarify my above statement in lieu of the peanut gallery trying to make this into a fight. You are 100% correct it is the fault of the specific engineers (American or otherwise) for this fuel economy gaffe. My post was in taking umbrage with the assertion via the meme that somehow this sort of event is exclusive to, and even expected of, American designed cars.
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