On Mon, 24 Jan 2011 19:54:39 -0000, "R. Mark Clayton"
> wrote:

>
>"AD" > wrote in message
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>On 20 ???, 01:50, Dean Dark > wrote:
>> On 19 Jan 2011 18:30:16 -0500, (Scott Dorsey) wrote:
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>> >"Dean Dark" > wrote in message
>> .. .
>> >> On Wed, 19 Jan 2011 09:44:44 -0800, "Jeff Strickland"
>> >> > wrote:
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>> >>>A 2.0L V8? Is there such a thing?
>>
>> >> Ferrari made one.
>>
>> >Didn't that one explode a lot?
>>
>> I don't know. It was back in the late 70s and I think it was built
>> for the Italian market that at that time had some really nutty
>> cc-related taxation laws.
>>
>> I had a '66 Triumph Vitesse with a 1600 cc straight six. The
>> cylinders weren't *that* much bigger than 250 cc. Sweet little
>> engine, it was.
>
>Hmm, 940kg-2072 lbs, about mazda 2 territory.
>How much fuel did it gulp then?
>
>1600 27-32mpg
>2000 28-32mpg
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>Imperial gallons from Parkers guide.
>
>IIRC the Vitesse had a lethal flaw, whereby in hard cornering the outside
>rear wheel would fold under the car.

That would only happen if you snapped off the throttle in mid-corner,
which no capable driver would do. It's the same kind of thinking as
the people who believe that the Porsche 911 has a "fatal flaw" because
it will spin out if you do the same thing.