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Old 05-09-2008, 01:33 AM
Dana B. Dana B. is offline
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Originally Posted by vstech View Post
... neither did this R8 diesel... and my year vette did hold the world record top 24Hour sustained speed... so there!
and the point of the comparison was that a performance car built nearly 20 years ago had equal fuel mileage... you would think that in this time higher mileage could be achieved...
Sorry, I stand corrected. I saw "TDI Le Mans" and assumed it was the Le Mans diesel king. Yes, Corvette's get great economy, as do some other GM V-8s (as do Harleys, for that matter). It would be interesting to see a real-world comparo.
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