Atlas C40-8W

[nscalesteve]

Is it possibly that Atlas switched factories (forced or otherwise) and is now using the same glue happy guys that I/M uses?  Just a thought as the paint looks really similar in thickness as well when compared to my SD45-2.  ???

Brian

actually it looks like painted and manufactured by the same people who crooked the Bachmann C40-8W (even the plastic feels the same !!!  ;D ;D )

(this is just my personal opinion and is in no way against Atlas, ok ?)

[sundowner]

Is it possibly that Atlas switched factories (forced or otherwise) and is now using the same glue happy guys that I/M uses?  Just a thought as the paint looks really similar in thickness as well when compared to my SD45-2.  ???

Brian

actually it looks like painted and manufactured by the same people who crooked the Bachmann C40-8W (even the plastic feels the same !!!  ;D ;D )

(this is just my personal opinion and is in no way against Atlas, ok ?)

That the other reason they cost so much.

[SirTainly]

It's why my Mazda has never broken down or required repairs that weren't the complete result of my own stupidity, while our IT guy's new Pontiac G8 had to be towed the day he picked it up, brand new, from the dealer and has had multiple recalls in less than a year. Do it right the first time or you get to do it over and over again.

Hmm bad analogy, my Mazda's been a royal pain - good when it worked, but so many niggly little things have gone wrong with it I'm getting shot as soon as I can. My previous French cars were much more reliable.

[kiwi_al]

My previous French cars were much more reliable

Pug, Cit or renault? ;D

[SirTainly]

My previous French cars were much more reliable

Pug, Cit or renault? ;D

Pug, but they share parts with Cit

[lock4244]

Aren't Mazdas built in Ford factories?  ;D

The newer one's are, but mine was made in Japan... by Kato I think (it's yellow, and UP is one of the few roads they have an interest in).

[ñiao]

Aren't Mazdas built in Ford factories?  ;D

Actually Ford owns Mazda.

I know, but it wouldn't have fit rhetorically 

French cars? I have driven several Peugeot and Citroën in my youth without any problem. Renault however ...........

[AlkemScaleModels]

Aren't Mazdas built in Ford factories?  ;D

Actually Ford owns Mazda.

I know, but it wouldn't have fit rhetorically  

French cars? I have driven several Peugeot and Citroën in my youth without any problem. Renault however ...........

My dad bought a Pug in 1960 or so. It was a small car but it had a sunroof.  I remember it because he used to drive around with the sunroof open and my brother and I standing up with our heads sticking out. If he did that today, he'd be arrested. Ahhh, progress.

Did anyone notice that Pug took 1-2 in LMP1 in the 24 Heures du LeMans?  First non-Audi victory in something like 10 years.

[Ed Kapuscinski]

They did? Nice!

Although, it was kinda cool that Audi was using a diesel to do it...

[Mark5]

To continue the thread drift, gotta love the three lug wheels on Le Car ...

[kiwi_al]

Pug, but they share parts with Cit Wink

Good to see you had impeccable taste but why did you have to ruin it by buying a jappa? ;D

If you still have the mazda - drive it to an open area and park it. Go get your Range Rover and run over it ;D ;D ;D

[ñiao]

Although, it was kinda cool that Audi was using a diesel to do it...

Most of them are Diesel nowadays. Peugeot is the largest producer of Diesel engines in the world.

My Peugeot 205 Diesel (size of a Honda Fit) made close to 60mpg and still made a good figure on the Autobahn.
The Citroën CX Turbodiesel (Camry size) made about 40mpg with a top speed of 120 mph ......
And that was in the eighties ... no need for hybrids  :

[AlkemScaleModels]

They did? Nice!

Although, it was kinda cool that Audi was using a diesel to do it...

OK, this is way OT but.....

Then LMP1 Peugeot 908s use diesels too. LMP1 rules are strange in that the diesels get an advantage, but only Audi and Peugeot run them. They dominate LMP1. Acura is trying run a naturally aspirated gas LMP1 car this year, but it doesn't have power of the turbo diesels. The turbo diesels also have a fuel economy advantage. 

I prefer GT2 as there are now 8 major manufacturers competing: Porsche, Ferrari, Ford, Chevy, Jaguar, BMW, Dodge, Panoz

As to passenger cars, in general US pollution standards were too strict for European passenger diesels. But new systems, like urea injection on the MB, BMWs, and some Audis allow the euro-diesels to meet US pollution standards, so expect to see more diesels coming to the US.

[nscalesteve]

...hey, isn't the C40-8W a diesel too ?

[Robbman]

As to passenger cars, in general US pollution standards were too strict for European passenger diesels. But new systems, like urea injection on the MB, BMWs, and some Audis allow the euro-diesels to meet US pollution standards, so expect to see more diesels coming to the US.

More to do with the availability of ultra-low sulfur diesel as well... it's been available for years overseas, where as it didn't become law for US to have it until 2006 or so.  Non-ULS diesel will clog a direct-injection diesel in a heartbeat...