Thread: 65mpg Ford
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Old 09-23-2008, 03:32 PM
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Originally Posted by 75Sv1 View Post
There was another thread on this. It didn't make sense in the cost difference between a gasser and the diesel. I think the gasser version would be about $12K-16K. So you would have free fuel for about five years. Thats not including The cost of diesel over the five years. I would think the gasser version would get at least 30-35 mpg highway.
Tom
I think the main reason was that the diesel engine is made in Britain and the weak US dollar makes it unattractive to import it to the US.
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