IIRC, the last carbureted car sold in the US was the
1990 Subaru Justy, and it got FI in 1991.
Fred Marks
Brandon, FL
--- Erik Quackenbush <erik@midwestfilter.com> wrote:
> At 10:26 AM 1/4/2002 -0500, GreenBugeye@aol.com
> wrote:
> >A trivia question (I don't know the answer): Are
> there any mass-produced new
> >cars with carbs still on the market?
>
> Not in the USA- unless you count propane powered
> vehicles. Ford and GM both
> offer propane versions of certain vans and pickups
> to fleet users. Chrysler
> recently sold a large number of propane powered
> Neons to a local utility
> company. These vehicles use propane mixers which are
>
> > If not, when was the last one sold?
>
> Click and Clack think it was the Yugo (1986?)... but
> they're wrong. The
> last one I know of was the Chevrolet Spectrum
> (before they started calling
> it a Geo) which used a carb at least until 1988.
> This car was built for GM
> by Isuzu. It was underpowered and suffered from
> overheating problems,
> probably because it was set too lean in order to
> meet emissions limits.
> Variations on this engine (with fuel injection and a
> turbochargers) were
> later used in the Geo Storm and the 1991 Lotus Elan
> M100.
>
> -Erik
>
> --
> Erik Quackenbush, Midwest Filter Corporation
> 1-847-680-0566 http://www.midwestfilter.com
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