Sports car market too niche for fuel saving tech?
#12
That's the GVWR (gross vehicle weight rating) and it's the MAXIMUM weight the car, as a whole unit, can carry - it includes the car itself, the driver and passenger, luggage, hardtop, and everything else in the car.
It basically means that you can only carry an extra 400 lbs in your S. So if you and your friend both weight 200 lbs, better leave that soda behind because you'd be over loading the car otherwise.
It basically means that you can only carry an extra 400 lbs in your S. So if you and your friend both weight 200 lbs, better leave that soda behind because you'd be over loading the car otherwise.
#13
Originally Posted by ZDan,Aug 6 2008, 01:51 PM
Personally, I'd *love* to see the emphasis for "sports cars" turned back to small size, minimalism and LIGHT WEIGHT as opposed to the trend toward ever-more-ridiculously-powerful super-ultra-mega-ubercars. That would create more real-world FUN cars that also get much better mpg.
#14
True but the collective "we" need to quit filling out satisfaction surveys that say:
Need to improve: Would like heated seats, and nav, and 20 inch wheels, and climate control, and a subwoofer, blah blah blah.
How about on the survey say "Make it lighter and simpler."
Need to improve: Would like heated seats, and nav, and 20 inch wheels, and climate control, and a subwoofer, blah blah blah.
How about on the survey say "Make it lighter and simpler."
#16
I thought VTEC was to overcome the power limitations of a single cam profile over a wide RPM range, not really for mileage? I read a good argument that their VTEC system for VFR motorcycles (2 valves going to 4) was to help pass noise limits in Japan more than anything else.
Porsches are getting DFI systems. But since DFI improves both power AND mileage do you consider that "fuel saving?"
Porsches are getting DFI systems. But since DFI improves both power AND mileage do you consider that "fuel saving?"
#17
Originally Posted by Elistan,Aug 7 2008, 05:15 AM
That's the GVWR (gross vehicle weight rating) and it's the MAXIMUM weight the car, as a whole unit, can carry - it includes the car itself, the driver and passenger, luggage, hardtop, and everything else in the car.
It basically means that you can only carry an extra 400 lbs in your S. So if you and your friend both weight 200 lbs, better leave that soda behind because you'd be over loading the car otherwise.
It basically means that you can only carry an extra 400 lbs in your S. So if you and your friend both weight 200 lbs, better leave that soda behind because you'd be over loading the car otherwise.
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