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What do I buy?

posted by  jadnhm on  Fri Mar 25 08:54 CST 2011
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haha you're right about that.

Anyone care to weigh in on why Volvo's gas engines get such mediocre fuel economy?

Their cars are heavy but not overly so. Comparable weight cars from other manufacturers seem to do better.

Their engines last a LONG time, so perhaps it's just a product of engineering for longevity?

The gas engines don't give breathtaking performance either, though I'm not sure how the performance stacks up against similarly sized cars...

It's really a pain that they only ship the gas engines to NA. In europe they have so many engines to choose from, and the economy oriented engines actually seem to get decent mileage....



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