plev72
Registered User
I'm sure a lot of you have noticed as I have that the American manufacturers (although Chrysler now has some good ones) always seem to be behind the Japanese and Europeans in terms of 4 and 6 cylinder performance. Just for point of example... the new 500 using the Taurus V6 that still puts out a whopping 200 hp... I've been looking enviously at the Nissan/Infiniti 3.5l that puts out 280 hp and only slightly less torque.... compared with the Ford 4.0l that puts out just over 200 hp. Then I took a look at the mileage... and big surprise, the G35/Nissan 350z isn't getting much better horsepower than a Mustang with a 4.6l 8-cylinder... end result, I would wager people are purchasing the high powered 6s thinking better gas mileage... and in the end, all they are getting is more wear and tear...
Did that rant make sense?? Anyway, my point is, there should be some way for the domestic manufacturers to point out the fact that while the high HP import 4 and 6s are getting great HP #s, they are generally doing so at the expense of mileage... and a good old American V8 pushing the same HP is getting nearly the same mileage and should have better durability...
Or is none of that true any longer???
Did that rant make sense?? Anyway, my point is, there should be some way for the domestic manufacturers to point out the fact that while the high HP import 4 and 6s are getting great HP #s, they are generally doing so at the expense of mileage... and a good old American V8 pushing the same HP is getting nearly the same mileage and should have better durability...
Or is none of that true any longer???