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Joined: Tue May 19, 2015 11:54 am
Cars: 2014 Hyundai Veloster Turbo Manual
2008 Dodge Caliber SRT-4
2014 Kawasaki Vulcan 900 Custom
2014 Kawasaki Ninja 300
Range
Or more directly, how far can it go on a tank.
Often cars with more efficient engines can have smaller tanks to go the same distance which saves on curb weight.
I've noticed that here in North America, for instant, most people want between 350 and 500 miles or so of range, though in diesels and hybrids they want 650 miles + (500-800 km and over 1000 for diesels and hybrids.)
It would be a neat implement for the tycoon part, as it would reign in some of the overtop designs people come up with.
Sure a 650 horsepower car is fast and great... but if it's only going to run 100 km between fillups... maybe not so good as a selling point.
Sometimes having a bigger tank offsets poor fuel economy by improving range.
For instance, in this market the average compact car has a 50 litre gas tank, where as a subaru will have 60, so it can go the same range as say an equivalent sized elantra.
Or for instance a Dodge Caliber, has a 55 Litre tank, but the suspension and exhaust modifications on an SRT4 version like mine, reduce the tank to 51 liters, coupled with higher fuel consumption of the 2.4 L turbo over even just the regular 2.4 Range is much shorter (we can JUST make 600 km on the highway if we don't go over 105 kph)
I just think that range can affect the demographic buying the car. Like in the case with the Ford GT. Great car, but it drinks fuel like it's free and infinite.
There are other neat ways this applies in vehicles as well. For instance the Ford F-150 in this market comes with a 2.7L Twin Turbo Ecoboost, and a 3.5L Twin Turbo Ecoboost, but also available unboosted V8's. While the V8's can tow more, they have significantly lower range due to higher consumption.
Actually towing rating might be a good demographic option for the tycoon part too. Less important on say a compact car, but significantly more important on a Truck or Full Size Van.
just my 0.02 for today :3