[ExI] Fuel efficient car for anywhere but America

[BillK]

2011/4/10 Alfio Puglisi wrote:
> This is correct, but note that the greencar.com's article used American
> gallons: 3.8 liters/100 km translates to 62 mpg, so the 48 city / 74 highway
> is valid for the US. There may be some difference in the standards used to
> calculate the fuel consumption, though.
> What you call the "European" gallon is actually the UK gallon, which is
> unknown to us continental southerners. Actually, most people don't even know
> that some kind of gallon is used this side of the atlantic pond :-)
>
>


All the pumps in the UK dispense in litres due to the government
metrication laws, but litres / 100 km is universally ignored by
drivers. Maybe the next UK generation will think in litres /100 km if
they are taught that in school.

Same applies to Kilos versus pounds weight. All hospitals weigh in
kilos and grams which is meaningless to the older generation.

BillK