My Mini Cooper S Clubman gets as good or better mileage as the Smart car. The
ones in Europe all have diesels. Itty Bitty teeny weeny diesels.
Larry
On Apr 28, 2011, at 13:48 PM, derf wrote:
> No, but I've read that the guys that put the Hyabusa motors in them
> (100+HP motorcycle engine) get better performance AND better gas
> mileage.
> It irks me that a 88 CRX can get 50MPG on gas and Diesel cars in
> Europe and Japan get 40+ regularly and we do not have better choices.
> Smart cars aren't as smart as they should be, IMHO.
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