"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:

In article ,
Matt wrote:
So with 140 hp, despite being light and with a good CD, it can only manage
0-60 in 12 seconds and 100 mph?

Good CD? I doubt its even got a wax disc gramophone. But it does have
a CVT (according to Toyota but what do they know)

CD. Coefficient of Drag (in air). The lower the figure, (in theory) the
better the efficiency at speed. A low powered vehicle like the Prius
desperately needs a good one to make a respectable speed. That's why it's
so ugly.

I knew that Dave hence the smiley in the original post - maybe it
needed more than one!


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