my ideal car
it would have to be something that has max (or 90% of its max) torque at 2k rpm, idles at 100-300rpm, has max hp at 4k rpm and has a fuel consumption of 40-70mpg (miles per gallon). oh, wait, isnt that a diesel car? lol. an aerodynamic coefficient of less than 0.29 and weighs less than 1200kg. has a boot space of 500++litres.
and yes, diesel cars ARE better than petrol. modern diesel engines produce less CO2 emissions, use less fuel, have better reliability, has better acceleration (and torque and hp) compared with a similiarly displaced petrol car and is basically better than a petrol. the fact that half of all of the cars sold in the UK (the world’s 3rd largest automotive market) are diesels proves that. we dont actually need petrol cars. most of us never rev our engines higher than 4k rpm (waste of fuel), so max hp at 4k rpm is ideal. and since diesels have more torque, the acceleration is better. a petrol car driver in a similiarly displaced car would have to redline it in order to get the amount of acceleration that a diesel car has. but that would further increase fuel consumption. small and midsized diesel cars average 50mpg. similiarly sized petrols average 30mpg. and that isnt counting performance oriented cars. which would do much less than 25mpg. so what is my point? reduce diesel roadtax for sub-2l cars and import more diesels. and help save the world.
