Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 19:33:05 GMT From: Paul Halliday <pjghnospamyonder.co.uk> Subject: Re: Ethanol ? [SAAB 9-3, also!]
in article C04F2DF9.269F%pjghnospamyonder.co.uk, Paul Halliday at pjghnospamyonder.co.uk wrote on 28/03/2006 18:16: > in article 1143509383.369590.129630nospam2000cwc.googlegroups.com, Dima at > dimanospamystems.com wrote on 28/03/2006 02:29: > >> Hello, >> >> What is your guys' opinion of the engine development at Saab (GM) that >> runs on ethanol-based gasoline? Please, keep all GM-bashing to other >> threads; here I am just curious to see the technical merits/demerits >> that people are aware of. > > I think it's superb! Way of the future, IMO. For all intents and purposes, > it acts like a petrol car without the emissions ... Oh, and it performs > better. Can't be bad, eh? Now if the car itself was not sooooo fugly, I > could be tempted. I think I'll wait for the technology to drop into the 9-3 > range, since that design seems to be "it" for the 9-5 :( > > I wonder if the upcoming Carlsson 9-3 will run E85? The proposed spec is 185 > BHP, up from 150 BHP which sounds like the kind of power hike ethanol made > for the Biopower 9-5. Concept for the moment, but ... <http://www.leftlanenews.com/2006/03/29/saab-unveils-9-3-biopower-concept> What's that _extra_ 666 Nm of torque delivered by the rear wheel engine? Wow! Paul 1989 900 Turbo S http://saab.go.dyndns.org/
