Wasn't Chrysler also planning on bringing back the Charger R/T for 2001 with a natural gas engine? If I remember correctly the thing could go from 0 to 60 in less than 7 seconds. OK, maybe not the most efficient, but certainly the most efficient in it's class:
http://www.dodge.com/inside/concept_vehicles/charger_rt.html Don't forget the Nash Metropolitan either: http://members.tripod.com/PNWMOC/stats.html 30-40 MPG back in 1955! (22.2 seconds to 60) -----Original Message----- From: Prairie Dog [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2002 2:36 PM To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Subject: [biofuel] Historic efficient vehicles I've seen numerous vehicles mentioned lately (current or old-timey) that had wonderful efficiency ratings. I wonder if we couldn't assemble a collage of info on these vehicles, and hopefully glean some usable info on them that might result in higher MPG ratings nowadays? My entry would be one from Chrysler. In the mid-'40's, they built about 20 test cars that were powered by a jet turbine engine! They got 40-plus MPG even in that day and age, and better yet, they ran on almost ANYTHING that burns! Veggie oil, kerosene, gas, turpentine, alcohol, oil, diesel; it ate it all. It could run them straight, or in nearly any combination of the above. Find it, pour it in. The only reason they didn't put it into production was because it had an "annoying whine" (it's a jet turbine!), and it was a little sluggish off the line (fixable with today's transmission technologies). The engine was an advanced version of an early military tank engine that Chrysler produced for the US government. Any other ideas? -Joel Rutledge Prairie Dog Recycling Wichita, Kansas Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
