Americas green car of the year !

Is a 6liter V8 Chevrolet Tahoe that gets 21MPG. :banghead

 

Its just a mag reward, and subject to bias, corruption, and bribes.

http://picvault.org/wp-content/plugins/hot-linked-image-cacher/upload/img.funtasticus.com/2007/jan8/ads09012008/ads001.jpg



Woulda been better if the caption said 0% CO emissions.

 

Nice :cool

 

Thats great 21mpg geez ok its good for an SUV but its still obviously terrible and shouldn't be celebrated IMHO,at least the iraqi's know their oil is going to good use

 

21 mpg city isn't a bad average, considering the most popular SUV in England right now is reported to be the Honda CR-V, which has a city mpg of 20 . . . or 20/27/23 (city/highway/combined - For a 66-hp, DOHC i-VTEC® 4-cylinder engine, 2WD).

None of the stats amount to a hill 'o beans though . . . these are based on factory optimum readings, and unless the vehicle is maintained properly the mpg ratings will begin to degenerate almost from the moment the vehicle drives off the showroom floor.

 

Strange what people call 'green', as driving a small house around in itself negates the whole concept of being 'green'.:confused

 

Please note that this was just a magazine award, and we all know how unbiased THOSE are. rolleyes

 

Exactly its like giving awards for small swimming pools during a water shortage,I don't see the need for SUV's especially for shopping and the school run,I don't have a problem with people owning them but cmon you can't have enviromental points and peace of mind too.

Where did you get those stats from?Exxon I can't find a CR-V with 66hp,all the petrol models average 34mpg and the diesel model does

Urban 34.9 mpg
Extra Urban 49.6 mpg
Combined 43.5 mpg

http://www.carpages.co.uk/honda/honda-crv-review-part-1-07-05-07.asp

http://www.carpages.co.uk/guide/honda/honda-cr-v-guide.asp

 

Keep in mind that the gallon measurements are different making the whole US vs UK MPG thing rather confusing.
1 UK Imperial Gallon = 4.54609 litres
1 US Liquid Gallon = 3.785411784 litres

 

Well I didn't know that

 

Me neither till I looked it up, I just assumed a gallon was a gallon. So when it comes down to it UK cars will get more MPG simply because there gallon is bigger.

 

A real "green" vehicle:

http://www.solidworks.com/swexpress/pages/sep05/images/TREK_FuelEX_1000.jpg

 

I don't have a car I have one of these, and I have huge leg muscles to show for it