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Old 02-26-2008, 07:19 PM   #25 (permalink)
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Re: MotorWeek- 1990 Chevy Beretta GTZ Review

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Originally Posted by F14CRAZY View Post
I guess it was because of different HP rating methods, but I often wondered if they had a 190 hp Quad 4 like 20 years ago, how come the Ecotec needs an M62 sitting on top of it to make like 205 hp?
The rating cant be too far off if it has a 7 second 0-60

Beretta

2800 lbs
29 MPG
190 HP

Malibu

3500 lbs
30 MPG
170 HP

They don't seem to be making very much progress. Maybe they should have stuck with the quad 4 architecture and built off of that.
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