Why are Yanks better at M.P.G. than.....

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There european equivalents?.Been using the Ram all wkend driving around the south coast.Its been returning around 23mpg.This is much better than the 19mpg i get from the 4.0V8 LR i have.Same for the Corvette against the Cerbera.I was really pleased with what it returned.One of our stop off,s at the weekend at Horndean in Hampshire for a M.V show.



Mrs Thunder,Baby Thunder, and the Ram.Covered about 200 mls in total.Nice and comfy too.

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I still cant work out why the economy is better on yanks,compared to european models.Both the Ram and the Vette are better fuel wise than the LR 90 and Cerbera.I now choose these if i am going to undertake a long journey.

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qube_TA said:

American stuff usually has those super overdrive top gears where you can do 80MPH @ 1200RPM instead of the Euro/Jap stuff that have to do 6000RPM to achieve the same speed. Has to make a difference.

Yeah i noticed that.I was doing 70mph at 1100rpm,with the overdrive engaged.Without,it shot upto 2500rpm.I was really impressed.I dont know why i didnt try them years ago.Even had some fella at the show with an inferior Toyota Hi-lux ask,if it was for sale.

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thunderbelmont said:

Last time I was in the 'States, I had a Grand-Am for the week. With mostly interstate running, it did 39mpg - that's American Gallons of course, with their gallon only 7/8th of an imperial gallon, that works out to : 44.5mph (imperial). Most impressive. OK, it was only the 3.8V6, but my 3L Omega will do 26mpg average, that's it.

Regarding Bluethunder's LR doing 19, is that an EFI lump in there, or one strangled by Strombergs? We have one (LR90/SWB) which we threw a V8 in some years back. It'll do 25+ on the road. It's only running a 3.5, but on SU's and I flowed the heads/manifolds etc.. and used a Rover VDP engine as the original base for it, instead of the strangled factory LR/RR lump.

It's all about utilising the torque to keep it moving, and that's something that Yanks are experts at.

My Omega is on borrowed time, and I'm looking at replacing it, and my works Merc Sprinter with a single vehicle - probably a Suburban. I was talking to a guy who has one of the new generation Sub's with one of Chevy's new V8 diesel, and he's getting 32MP(us)G out of it on average, that works out better than any LR/RR Diesel ever! And it's ever so slightly bigger.

The LR is this model.......



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