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“The (2009 PDK) Porsche Carrera covered about 190 kilometres/118 miles of the total route on country roads and 30 kilometres/19 miles in city traffic, with the remaining distance on the Autobahn. The car’s tank was filled up prior to and after the test drive by a certified inspector of the German DEKRA Car Inspection Authority, who also sealed the fuel tank and the engine compartment in the process. Under normal traffic conditions, with the headlights switched on, and with rain from time to time, the driver sought to keep the car’s engine speed between 1,800 and 2,000 rpm, with a road speed between 90 and 130 km/h (56 – 81 mph). The average speed achieved in the process was 84 km/h or 52 mph.”
22 Comments on “Green Man’s Burden: 35mpg (US) In A Carrera PDK...”
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See, it really is the Uber-Beetle!
Except finally the heat works…
Those jokers spent 66% of their time on the autobahn and the best they could average was 52 mph? They should have let me do the driving.
…and Detroit want 35mpg for 2020 dropped?
Their argument is what again?
Now I just have to cough up the 100k+ they want for one of these.
Yes we can!
in 2009 even better then the 35mpg
– but only without D2.5’s lobbying
Thats the true led in the feed and anchor over the shoulder
So when can I get my government rebate for buying a 911? I only need about 50k. Drop in the bucket compared to recent bailouts.
ZCline :
December 16th, 2008 at 6:47 pm
So when can I get my government rebate for buying a 911? I only need about 50k.
Dont ask what the government can do for you,
ask what D3 can offer you as comparable product.
Dont ask what the government can do for you,
ask what D3 can offer you as comparable product.
The corvair?
The corvair, a excellent car indeed, was produced 1965–1969
The motor was funnily similar constructed to (the older) Porsche
But to compare a solid vintage mobile to a 2009 model is matching apples and trees
I didn’t know that Stuttgart was German for green. I mean, even the yellow on the crest makes me think of biofuels. What a great company.
Drop a Diesel in there and it’ll do 50 MPG! ;)
–chuck
@chuck
Now that would be interesting. Wonder how the weight of all that diesel affects the handling.
Can you nurse a vette along at same speeds and get mid 30s? I think you would come close.
johhny ro,
Reports from those I know with C6s, would tell me that’s a pretty fair shot.
Keep your foot out of it, and I’ve heard reports in the low 30s with a Vette.
What an incredibly boring way to drive a 911.
Anyone got a Corvette and a lot of free time?
That would be interesting to see on TTAC. Although yes, a rather boring way to go.
Rather boring? Perhaps.
Unless you commute at rather unconventional hours, it is most peoples’ reality.
Pfft… that’s nothing. We got over 100 mpg on a city bus once.
Of course, that’s not counting the gallons of sweat lost while we were pushing the broken-down thing off to the side and out of traffic. You know how many guys it takes to push a bus? Neither do I. I stopped counting between “it’s kinda crowded back here” and “get yer armpit outta my face, jerk.”
*cough Audi TT TDI *cough
In the latest issue of Hot Rod, there’s a ’94 Mustang into which the owner stuffed a Powerstroke diesel. With a little nitrous and a relatively mild amount of boost it ran the quarter in 9.96. It’s street-driven and reportedly returns 33 mpg on the the highway.
bunkie – not a production car, so really, who cares? It won’t be civilized enough to drive for 99% of the population.
“bunkie – not a production car, so really, who cares? ”
True, but I found it amazing that something that ran in the 9s could get 33mpg. Getting into the 9s with gasoline usually dooms you under 10mpg…