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Vinny_93@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• remotelove@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Did you miss the first bit where it said 2011 Chevrolet?

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  • Vinny_93@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Did you think we didn’t have 2011 or Chevrolets in Europa

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    • ianhclark510@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I would be impressed if there was any brand of car on any of the moons of Jupiter tbh

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      • tomi000@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Or inside them

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    • remotelove@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      A Chevy is still an American brand and the ecotec engines were also used in a variety of European cars.

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      • Zwiebel@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Yeah but in Europe you’d expect an engine called EcoTech to have 1.4l not 2.4

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• boonhet@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I mean they used the ecotec engines in plenty of Opel, Saab, Vauxhall and Holden models too. Those are all non US market cars.

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  • Vinny_93@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Yeah my point was more the engine size. The EcoTec in my 2001 Corsa was half its size. A 2.4 litre engine would be a high performance vehicle in Europe.

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    • boonhet@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      They put the 2.2 ecotec in several Opel models and the 2.4 in a select few I believe.

      A sluggish 2.4 engine isn’t a performance engine. If anything, it’s ideal for fuel economy in those bigger cars because you’re not tempted to rev it that much. It’s got some more low end torque, but it’s not fun to redline.

      The best highway fuel economy I’ve gotten out of a gasoline engine was a 3.5 V6. You never needed to rev it over 2000 in regular usage and honestly 3000 rpm was plenty for overtaking. It had plenty of top end power too but you never needed it, so the pedal only got full usage when overtaking someone in a 3.0 diesel Audi or BMW and they couldn’t handle an old Chrysler passing them, but my young reckless ass also wasn’t going to back off obviously.

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      • Zwiebel@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        I still won’t believe you that your fuel eco was better than my 1l 3-cylinder. It has adequate top-end power which I use frequently and achieve about 5.5l/100km or 43mpg

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