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Back in early 1983 the late & legendary Smokey Yunick fitted a 150 bhp 2 cylinder engine, of his own design, to a Plymouth Horizon test vehicle producing class leading power and fuel efficiency. There was a presentation to the Society of Automotive Engineers and talks with manufacturers for gasoline and diesel applications. I wonder whatever became of that? I suspect interest died out because by 1985/86 gas was cheap again.

Originally Posted by MattC

Back in early 1983 the late & legendary Smokey Yunick fitted a 150 bhp 2 cylinder engine, of his own design, to a Plymouth Horizon test vehicle producing class leading power and fuel efficiency. There was a presentation to the Society of Automotive Engineers and talks with manufacturers for gasoline and diesel applications. I wonder whatever became of that? I suspect interest died out because by 1985/86 gas was cheap again.

Probably didn't have enough torque to pull anything of that day. Every car was a boat in the 80's. Would of been great in a CRX.

well, no matter how I drive my Ford Ranger....hard or easy.......town or freeway....it gets 17-18 mpg and never changes.

Originally Posted by 69elko

Probably didn't have enough torque to pull anything of that day. Every car was a boat in the 80's. Would of been great in a CRX.

I have a Pontiac Bonneville ad from 1978 that compares the 231 V6 powered Bonnie against the Audi 5000 of all cars, with Pontiac talking up the fact their car was 1,000s cheaper and was rated 1 mpg (EPA) higher, 18 versus 17 mpg. It was cheaper and thriftier than the import, technically, so the advert is true, but a Bonneville & Audi 5000 was a bizarre comparison, what were the GM ad men thinking...or smoking?

Originally Posted by MattC

I have a Pontiac Bonneville ad from 1978 that compares the 231 V6 powered Bonnie against the Audi 5000 of all cars, with Pontiac talking up the fact their car was 1,000s cheaper and was rated 1 mpg (EPA) higher, 18 versus 17 mpg. It was cheaper and thriftier than the import, technically, so the advert is true, but a Bonneville & Audi 5000 was a bizarre comparison, what were the GM ad men thinking...or smoking?

Yes,that was a bit of a stretch.