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mk @ Nov 20th 2007 10:51AM
I would tend to agree.
At that level, true enthusiasts (not just fashionistas) who can afford ferraris and other brands, expect something for that money and prestige.
That expectation is to have the best possible. The best design, the best chassis and handling, the best materials and the best power-plants designed, or at the very least highly optimized, by those companies.
Who wants a ferrari engine that gets the best gas mileage as the goal. I would want a ferrari engine that gets every last ft-lb of torque out of however much gasoline it requires to run best.
Fuel efficiency to use less fuel, as a goal, seems like a compromise, which isn't what buying a ferrari is about.
Fuel efficiency to completely burn every ounce of the optimum amount of fuel and get as much energy out of it seems like a better goal for Ferrari.
Now, if direct injection, and things like that mean wasting less fuel, getting more power, and the side effect of using less fuel at a time, while still being optimized for output, then I have no problem. Great. Pass the technology down, by all means.
However, handicapping a Ferrari engine simply to use less fuel for political (yes, it is political issue) reasons seems like BS to me.