You'd think. The sheep mindlessly want more power and big vehicles. Big
vehicles make more money for the carmaker. If you think about it what you're
really buying in a more expensive, larger vehicle, is air.
Look at the new hybrids, they're not sedans, they're mostly SUVs or crossovers.
Then they say "Look at the great mileage you're getting!" which is 25mpg
instead of 50mpg in a sedan.
We live in a world of lifestyle creep. Everybody "needs" an SUV or crossover.
Everybody "needs" AWD. Everybody "needs" a big house etc, etc, ad nauseum.
-Curt
On Friday, December 10, 2021, 01:39:52 PM EST, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
<mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
It seems to me with all these advancements, instead of having engines that are
smaller and make crap tons more power, why not have them get crap tons better
mileage and keep the power the same? Surely these things should be getting
60-80 mpg my now?
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> On Dec 10, 2021, at 12:04 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes
> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>
> Realistically a modern 350 can easily make more hp/torque than a '50s
> vintage slow turning big Cadillac engine while using way less fuel and
> requiring way less maintenance.
> The 345ci 5.7l Hemi in my 2010 Dodge RAM made 390hp 407#ft from the
> factory.The Cadillac 500 was only rated for 400hp and 500#ft in 1970 and of
> course it went down after the emissions restrictions of the mid-'70s.
> Interestingly the Caddy only weighs about 50# more...
> The Ford 3.5l v6 ecoboost in the Raptor F150 is rated at 450/510 and comes in
> at 100# less (about 20%!). In the Ford GT the same engine is turned up to
> 660/550 although it spins faster to make that extra power.
> The technology in modern engines is amazing and a lot of it is available to
> home gamers. Check out the Independence build on Vice Grip Garage, he's got
> Holley's aftermarket EFI on a big block Chevy with a supercharger...
>
>
> -Curt
>
> On Friday, December 10, 2021, 12:31:47 PM EST, Randy Bennell via Mercedes
><mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>
> I don't want it but it is an interesting car. I doubt there was much
> point in putting a small block with aluminum heads etc in it or a shift
> kit in the transmission. That beast needs big cubic inches and tons of
> torque rather than high rpm horsepower. Maybe a 472 or 500 cid Cadillac
> engine if it will fit or a diesel out of a 3/4 ton pickup truck.
>
> Randy
>
>
>> On 10/12/2021 11:24 AM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes wrote:
>> The "Rural King" battery gives me great confidence in the work done on the
>> car by this owner.
>>
>> -D
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>> via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
>> Sent: Friday, December 10, 2021 10:40 AM
>> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
>> Cc: Floyd Thursby <buggeredbenzm...@gmail.com>
>> Subject: [MBZ] I may trade for a classic Mercedes’ -- 1953 Cadillac De Ville
>> 62 series,$11,500
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>>
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