The SAE HP measurement is made at flywheel with no load and off the car so
it should not have anything to do with the vehicle the engine will put in.
I read some information long time ago saying VW sacrificed the hp (that's
why it's max rpm at only 4500)  to get more torque on the EV's VR6 engine.
According to VW web page, the long wheelbased Camper does have similar MPG
you mentioned: 14 city/18 hwy.  But the short wheelbased EV GLS and EV MV
(which are not available at VW dealer for 2 years) have 22 city/28 hwy.

Yi-Ruey Wei
87 Vanagon GL Syncro  w/leaking cylinder head
85 Jetta GLI  w/160,000 miles
Dallas, TX

Karl Vochatzer <karl@c2o.com> on 07/17/98 11:13:13 AM
Subject:  RE: Eurovan on VW homepage.

The sticker at the dealer says EPA gas mileage estimate is 16 city and 20
highway.  As for hp, I wondered about that, too.  I suspect that there must
be a serious drain on the engine to run all the power systems, or
something, on that big van.

On Friday, July 17, 1998 10:15 AM, Yi-Ruey Wei
[SMTP:ray.wei@US.PWCGLOBAL.COM] wrote:
> VW has done it again!  A 140hp VR6!!  Where are the 32 horses go???
> 22 city/ 28 hwy MPG was impressive though.  Must be an EPA figure.
> BTW, it's www3.vw.com.
>
> Yi-Ruey Wei

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