Provocative car pic of the day
- Kaid Benfield
- Director, Smart Growth Program, Washington, DC
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- Posted September 2, 2009 in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
This comes via John Massengale, who says it was taken at the corner of 63rd St. and Park Ave. in New York. The red car is a vintage Fiat CinqueCento (500):
Kaid Benfield writes (almost) daily about community, development, and the environment. For more posts, see his blog's home page.
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Greg T — Sep 2 2009 01:55 PM
Somehow I bet you the minivan gets better mileage than the old Fiat.
Alan G — Sep 3 2009 09:32 AM
The minivan probably gets better emissions, too. But the bigger minivan still takes up more space that could be used by pedestrians or cyclists and its bigger engine and greater mass means it has more potential to be used dangerously in pedestrian-heavy Manhattan. That said, most folks who own minivans don't make them as vanity purchases.
Tim B — Sep 3 2009 09:57 AM
According to the link below, the Fiat 500 got 55 MPG. Modern technology certainly is a great thing, but nothing beats a lack of mass.
http://www.greencar.com/articles/56-mpg-fiat-500-returns.php
Mike Lydon — Sep 3 2009 11:32 AM
Hey Kaid,
Even better:
http://gizmodo.com/5345310/how-many-folding-bikes-does-it-take-to-fill-a-parking-space