Why can't auto manufactuers do this?
Why can't the auto manufacturers come up with a truck-like vehicle that gets 30MPG and has decent performance? Work rented me a Toyota Camry for a road trip last week, and I got 36.6MPG, hand calcu...
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Turtle n Peeps wrote:
There is one pesky thing that always gets in the way, it's called physics! ;)
Physics says it should be possible, and relatively easy to achieve.
A truck that weighs half as much, is half the size, and has half the power should have double the fuel economy.
I'm not asking for a 1-ton dually to get 30MPG here.
Ford and Chevy are making jacked-up, full-size pickup trucks that visually have the aerodynamics of a cinder block. A friend of mine is doing 22MPG with his Ecoboost. GM is touting 20+ with their new direct-injection gassers. Heck, my 4.8L 1/2 ton got 20 MPG for years.
If they can get 20+ with a full size pickup, there is absolutely no reason they can't push 30 with a compact truck.
