..however in the UK the cc figure sometimes gets rounded up and quoted. Although it happens a lot more on older cars 'Triumph 2000' for example is sometimes happens to newer cars. It's just based on the owner's preference. I have a very special mini which is a supercharged 1380 - pronounced 'thirteen eighty'.Strangely enough I don't think 'ci' has been used in the UK. I've never used it.Similarly - if you take a look at some temp gauges in cars dating back to the 50's / 60's you will commonly see Celsius. Consider we were very much more non-metric back then it proves that we are and have been comfortable with Celsius within imperial usage.
From: vliets...@btinternet.com To: usma@colostate.edu Subject: [USMA:47656] Re: Metric motors in the USA Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 20:07:22 +0100 The European industry uses litres if only one decimal place of precision is needed and cc if more precision is needed. Thus, I drive a 1.6 L car, but my registration documents say that its engine is 1598 cc. The real reason is that Europeans do not have a hang-up about converting between cc and litres. From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of John M. Steele Sent: 10 June 2010 11:12 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:47632] Re: Metric motors in the USA He doesn't get much sympathy in the comments. One "fact" he has wrong. The auto industry wasn't targetted. The Big Three CHOSE to go metric in the early 70's, mostly because of their foreign operations. We drove our suppliers including the steel industry. The steel industry claimed to Congress that the cost of conversion would be astronomical. When GM said they were buying metric sizes, the industry said "what sizes would you like, sir." The rest of us followed in their wake. No other industry supplying us put up much of a fight. However, I will freely admit that if it really sold more cars, we would be glad to divide the engine displacement by (0.254 dm/in)³. I'm not sure why we prefer liters and the European industry prefers cubic centimeters. I hope the author doesn't think engine displacement is the only thing metric on the car. :) From: Pat Naughtin <pat.naugh...@metricationmatters.com> To: U.S. Metric Association <usma@colostate.edu> Sent: Thu, June 10, 2010 2:58:54 AM Subject: [USMA:47631] Metric motors in the USA Dear All, This item from USAToday might interst you: http://content.usatoday.com/communities/driveon/post/2010/06/metric-madness-how-automakers-refuse-to-give-it-up/1 Cheers, Pat Naughtin Author of the ebook, Metrication Leaders Guide, see http://metricationmatters.com/MetricationLeadersGuideInfo.html Hear Pat speak at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lshRAPvPZY PO Box 305 Belmont 3216, Geelong, Australia Phone: 61 3 5241 2008 Metric system consultant, writer, and speaker, Pat Naughtin, has helped thousands of people and hundreds of companies upgrade to the modern metric system smoothly, quickly, and so economically that they now save thousands each year when buying, processing, or selling for their businesses. Pat provides services and resources for many different trades, crafts, and professions for commercial, industrial and government metrication leaders in Asia, Europe, and in the USA. Pat's clients include the Australian Government, Google, NASA, NIST, and the metric associations of Canada, the UK, and the USA. See http://www.metricationmatters.com/ to subscribe. _________________________________________________________________ http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/197222280/direct/01/ We want to hear all your funny, exciting and crazy Hotmail stories. Tell us now
