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Originally Posted by pawoSD
In a 6.9 you measure fuel use like a Jet....in Lbs per hour.....not in MPG.  
A Bugatti Veyron can use up its entire 20 something gallon tank in less than 12 minutes at max speed (253mph)....thats close to a gallon every 30 seconds! 
A SLR McLaren can drain the whole tank (26 gallons) in 22 minutes at top speed.
I wonder how long a 6.9 can last at top speed. |
Hope my fuzzy math is accurate.
So... (assuming 22 gallon tank as a guess) The Veyron gets about 2 mpg at max velocity. That's actually not bad, lol, considering....
The SLR gets almost 3 mpg at max velocity (I'm guessing 205 mph).
...The 2nd gen C111 with the OM617 would average 15 mpg at approximately the same sustained max speed of the SLR. More power required = more fuel to waste.