Comments on: 2008 Saturn Vue Green Line Hybrid Gets 32 Miles To The Gallon http://www.ohgizmo.com/2007/10/15/2008-saturn-vue-green-line-hybrid-gets-32-miles-to-the-gallon/ Deliciously Geeky... Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:31:21 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.ohgizmo.com/2007/10/15/2008-saturn-vue-green-line-hybrid-gets-32-miles-to-the-gallon/comment-page-1/#comment-344683 Anonymous Mon, 15 Oct 2007 15:17:10 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/2007/10/15/2008-saturn-vue-green-line-hybrid-gets-32-miles-to-the-gallon/#comment-344683 That's 9.4 respectively 7.4 litres per 100 km, for us folks from the more civilized parts of the world. :) Until 2008, the EU seeks to achieve an average fuel consumption for new passenger vehicles of about 5.8 L (petrol) per 100 km. (well, at least they try to...) The average already was around 7.7 L/100 km in 1995. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACEA_agreement Okay, it's nice of GM doing something about fuel economy, but - Sorry, over here, the very idea of marketing a 172-horsepower SUV as "green" is utterly ridiculous. That’s 9.4 respectively 7.4 litres per 100 km, for us folks from the more civilized parts of the world. :)

Until 2008, the EU seeks to achieve an average fuel consumption for new passenger vehicles of about 5.8 L (petrol) per 100 km. (well, at least they try to…) The average already was around 7.7 L/100 km in 1995. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACEA_agreement

Okay, it’s nice of GM doing something about fuel economy, but – Sorry, over here, the very idea of marketing a 172-horsepower SUV as “green” is utterly ridiculous.

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