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To: thackney

First of all, this article lost me at “Chevrolet” - I’m not buying ANY Government Motors car so long as Uncle owns a single share or has a single board member. However, I did rent one earlier this year, so I’ll comment about it even if I won’t ever buy one.

The 2014 Impala with a 3.6 liter, 305 hp engine will do 0-60 in 6.7 seconds, a quarter mile in 15.0 at nearly 94 mph, and can get 28 mpg on the highway. Combined with an 18.5 gallon tank, that’s a range of 518 miles. Having driven a 2013 (which is essentially the same car), I can verify that it has excellent acceleration - nearly as good as my ‘69 GTO. I also got about 30 mpg on the road at 65, though I admit it fell “a bit” when I was testing its torque curve out.

The only thing new about this car is the CNG option - which is a good one, mind you, if you can actually find any of the stuff. I suspect it’ll become more available over time, but the performance is nothing better than at present with a “mere” gasoline engine.

Oh, and Chevy is supposed to come out with a nearly 200-horse, 4-cylinder later this year that will likely get at least 2-3 mpg better.

Of course, if the assholes would produce a diesel hybrid for a car like this they could get 40 mpg in the city and on the highway, and you’d have a car with lots of leg room and trunk space, plus tons of torque to make it a fun car (especially with the flexibility of a 6-speed transmission).


71 posted on 10/17/2013 8:05:31 AM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt)
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To: Ancesthntr
" I suspect it’ll become more available over time, but the performance is nothing better than at present with a “mere” gasoline engine. "

People also forget the lost of performance in their cars when they are forced to buy the cheaper gas over the premium gas because they can't afford it.

77 posted on 10/17/2013 8:36:36 AM PDT by American Constitutionalist
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