Archive | January, 2010

Vehicle Efficiency Improvements

10 Jan

There was a great post on Ecomodder called Vehicle Efficiency Improvements. I want to try to list steps that car makers could/should take to improve the fuel efficiency, in approximate order of cost: The most obvious improvement to cars, would be to mold the plastic on the front of the vehicle to be smooth and [...]

2009 VW Jetta TDi Fuel Economy Review: 41.1 MPG

10 Jan

There was a great post on Ecomodder called 2009 VW Jetta TDi Fuel Economy Review: 41.1 MPG. For more pictures, see the gallery at the end of the post. The other day I finally got behind the wheel of a the much-lauded Jetta TDI, aka the diesel that could. Despite efforts from all the automakers [...]

Project IRX: Insight-CRX Renaissance Experiment [Part I]

10 Jan

There was a great post on Ecomodder called Project IRX: Insight-CRX Renaissance Experiment [Part I]. This entry is part 1 of 1 in the series Project IRX In an effort to increase the blog’s focus on ecomodding and some of the great content that comes out of our users, I’ve decided to begin a series [...]

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