The very beginning of the seventies of the last century can be called the heyday of the American automobile industry. Suffice it to recall the films of those years with the same "cool cars" - muscle cars and other long cars with a huge hood and impressive engines of 7-8 liters or more. Then do not save! A gallon of gasoline (about 5 liters), which we hear about every day on TV, at that time in the USA cost some 36 cents.
Another question inevitably arises: how much fuel did these machines consume, developing 400-500 or more "horses" (the Soviet legendary tractor K-700 "Kirovets" had a power of 220 hp) and weighing 1,5-2,5, 100 tons? A detailed answer is given by the author of the video on the AutoHistory channel. You will hear how much fuel was needed per 36 km in the city and on the highway. And XNUMX liters per "hundred" for a brutal "passenger car" of that time is not the limit at all!
However, the “lafa” was over: the oil crisis that broke out in 1973 put an end to the popularity of large-sized cars. The US government took action: it determined how many kilometers a car in this category should travel on 1 gallon of gasoline. However, muscle car manufacturers did not just give up, they went for some tricks. You will learn about them and other reasons for reducing the production of huge coupes and sedans from the video right now.
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