>But I would guess that the main reason for buses getting lower gas mileage >than a same-weight sedan, and especially that little round sedan first >brought out in '47, is that large, tall, flat front; and especially the >large, tall, flat rear end. I thought that the early Buses actually had a lower drag co-efficient than the Beetle sedans. I read that somewhere. Don't know about pound-for-pound comparisons between Buses and sedans of any make; that would be interesting to know. If a sedan were to weigh this much and use 1930s engine technology, could it hit 20 mpg? I wonder if there are any double-valved watercooled monoblocks out there that can do what we do...
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