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Old 06-18-2009, 08:01 AM   #17 (permalink)
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The All-New Chevy Camaro: as American as Vegemite and Maple Syrup.

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Just don't tell the stupid pompous Prius owners (am I being redundant?) that a measurable amount of its efficiency comes from aerodynamics and extremely low rolling resistance.
...the original insight was considerably slipperier and achieved significantly better real-world fuel economy than the prius, albeit at the expense of convenience and aesthetics, but there's no denying that it was a truly groundbreaking and revolutionary engineering exercise...
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