Basing a modern American car off a charger would kill 3 birds with one stone. It would fill the roles or modern American sedan, modern muscle car, and modern American police car.
A few somewhat decent cars in a sea of downsized, turbocharged sameness. Even two of those have replaced their NA V6 base models with turbo I4s, and the one that hasn't is practically a holdover from the previous decade anyway.
My only comment on the era of i4 Turbos is that, in testing they are infact more fuel efficient, but in reality its impossible to reach those numbers. My Bmw for instance comes with a 2 liter i4 and supposedly gets 23 city 34 highway, 27 combined and let me tell you, its a bunch of lies. Its getting 15 at best. The problem is even worse when i compared with the mileage a friend was getting on a 325i (Big 3L i6) getting 22mpg. And even worse when compared witht he mileage im getting with a Chevy Tahoe. That truck consumes the same amount of fuel, while having an N/A 5.3L V8. A big example of this and how car makers are not even going away from downsizing is the Fiat Twinair engine. It was almost impossible to get the EPA numbers without driving like a granny.
I love how fuel efficient GM trucks are. With careful driving, I've managed to get Silverados and Tahoes up to 25+ mpgs
Here I am with my 6mpg Jeep... I've only been in a couple of vehicle's with i4's, one of which was a Focus ST which was very fun. The three other's were applicance style sedans, wich ranged from "fine" to downright "this isn't okay". I certainly would like to know what it's like to drive something bigger with a small modern engine, like the Ranger/Bronco.
I have you all beat 06' Prius, 40 mpg. 51 mpg with the A/C off. The most efficient gas powered car I've driven was a 2019 Altima which my dad said got around 40 ish on the highway.
Yep. I actually had the MPG display at 999, but there was a short uphill part, so I ended the trip at only 250 MPG. In terms of actually realistic MPG, my 2007 Chrysler Pacifica manages about 28 MPG highway, and up to 35 if I stick close to semis. It gets about 17 MPG city though.
Pacifica's that good? I have a 2006, I've never really noticed it get above 25 or so. Maybe it's cause the Florida heat necessitates AC on high.
This week, hopefully. Ideally tomorrow, but I'm not so sure that will happen. My "hypermiling" experience was hitting 30 MPG in a 2010 Toyota Highlander Hybrid. Decent gas mileage for a sizable SUV, especially so because it usually maxes out at about 27 highway.
My hypermiling would be driving my wifes civic to florida from tennessee, we averaged 50.1mpg for the whole trip. 2016 Civic EX-T 1.5 Turbo CVT
Bold of you to assume my AC works. But I have the 4.0 V6 with 6-speed, and tend to not drive at florida highway speeds, which probably helps. Drafting will do wonders though, if you can find a trucker who's moving fast you can stick 100 ft back and still get an extra 5 MPG.
I ran a full race season in my 1997 dodge neon on half a stock tank of gas. OT: I would love to see the update this week as well, but, my luck they would drop it on a race day :/ Who else thinks even if they only drop the bluebuck and the three remastered maps, that this update will be a lot, seeing as the bluebuck should have the most content at drop of any BeamNG car?
and they could even use it to fill the role of an AUS/NZ spec fullsize, like a falcon/commodore. but on the topic of the career mode, what about the revamped scenario system they've been showing off?