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Dorian Gray
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Paris, France
 
2008-06-10, 15:57

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Originally Posted by Trumpetman View Post
According to the website powers that be it is as follows...

1,983 cc 2 liters 4 in-line front engine with 84.8 mm bore, 87.9 mm stroke, 9.6 compression ratio, double overhead cam, variable valve timing/camshaft and four valves per cylinder
Thanks. Better than I expected. Sounds like one of the Zetec engines, which are pretty good to drive, though not famous for their frugality.

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I'm hoping to get double what my pick-up gets which is 14 mpg when adding freeway and city driving. If I can get 28 mpg on average with this car I will be happy.
I don't think you'll quite get 28 mpg, which is 34 miles per Imperial gallon. You might get close though, with reasonably sensible driving. The auto box and those fat tyres will work against you a bit. But the summer weather will help.
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