My Suby GT drinks at a rate of 7km/L in the city which equates to about 14.3L/100kms – prolly about the same as a larger 6 cyl – but it certainly goes harder than your standard 6 in every respect. You are unlikely to get 14.3L from a v8 in the city, and you certainly are not going to get that from a XR6T. Even if you drive the car like a complete pussy.

Oh and I am talking real world, not some unrealistic figures bandied about by the car companies as their official fuel consumption figures.

were they really? well if the massive waiting lists for the XR6T in 2002 was anything to go off i wouldnt say the fans took a bit to “gel” with it.

the funniest thing is that this is all in trying to chase better fuel economy.
i betya the 4 banger wont deliver better economy and the quoted figure for the V6 varient is pretty close to what the current GM V8’s get anyway.
so its really a big joke doing this as an effort to reduce consumption.
the XR6T puts out more power and has an official figure of around 11L/100k.

sorry but performance and fuel economy can be achieved with out lowering the size of the donk.

yet soooooooo many people are fooled to think that ditching the old 6cyl for 4 bangers is going to save them bucket loads

2. the Evo and STI are all wheel drive?? would you want to put AWD under this and add more wieght to already heavy large car with only 190 something kilowatts. i dont think GM would make this thing a AWD as of the wieght issue with the small engine… the STI/Evo are quiet quick unless fully loaded and have so waieght in them…. wieght is the major issue with a turbo 4 in this thing.

3. yes the STI and EVO have been eating FPV/HSV for a while now… but at the prices are are getting closer now because people demand more out of a STI/EVO. and with GM Dropping Bigger More powerful engines. which can compete with the little cars again as the FPV and HSV engines are getting Bigger and Faster but the EVO and STI are really changing that much at all.. because there is only so much u can do with 2-2.5 litre engine. also look at the all might typhoon…. best of both worlds!!!!

NEW EVO – 5.2 to 100 – 13.6
NEW STI – 5.2 to 100 – 13.5
NEW GTS – 5.0-5.2 to 100 – 13.5 1/4
NEW Typhoon – 4.9-5.0 to 100 -13.0 (to be confirmed – has been claimed by FPV)

SO lets say the EVO /STI will need to start really doing some upgrading soon to there cars as these cars are been doing these approx speeds for a while?? and the FPV and HSV are keep improving as they have to compete with each other!!!!

Save for those with large families, or those towing a caravan or large boat on their annual holiday there is no need for a massive 5, 6 or 7L motor under the bonnet because as the Japanese have proven you can do just as well for much less.

It is called technology advancement – and this is a foreign concept to the Fords and GMs of the world.