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Top 12 MPG efficient cars
- Gear box - manuel / auto
- 0-62 mile per hour
- urban mpg - in city mile per gallon
- Urban -
used in conjunction with mpg typically refers to the fuel consumption of the vehicle driven
in city or town conditions. This normally involves stop/start driving, braking and accelerating and little cruising at optimal fuel consumption speeds. Vehicles use more fuel in urban driving conditions than when cruising on the freeways. Manufacturers normally provide "urban" fuel economy figures and "combined" figures. The latter refer to a combination of town driving and highway cruising, arguably a more accurate reflection of the vehicle's fuel economy than its optimal (cruising) or worst (urban) consumption.
- Extra -Urban is a combination of town and country driving.
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- BHP - brake horspower
- The BHP (brake horsepower) is calculated on an engine dyno with a load brake right off the crankshaft. This is often considered a misleading figure as rear wheel horsepower or the actual power that hits the ground can be significantly different in that the rating is reduced by that power going through the transmission and differencial.
- Torque is a measure of applied force. The horsepower and torque will be the same at 5,252rpm on gasoline powered internal combustion engines.
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