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20th November, 2008

Posts Tagged ‘$4 a gallon’

SUV Sales Run Out of Gas, Airlines Ground Jets

By Denis Campbell • Jun 5th, 2008 • Category: Business
The 2008 Cadillac Escalade EXT SUV weighs 7,200 pound (3.5 tons), has a 403 hp, 6.2 litre V-8 engine, gets less than 15 miles (4 miles per litre) to a gallon of petrol and the tank is 31 gallons or 119 litres. At today’s UK petrol price of £1.17 per litre it would cost £140 [...]