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More of a dictionary entry than an encyclopedia article. And it's not that accurate, since gas guzzler can refer to many things besides SUVs. The term is much older than that. I recommend deletion.
A low mpg car doesn't burn "fuel inefficiently". They take in a lot more air to burn a lot more fuel per unit time which is reflected in the power output of the engine.
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This is however very questionable action, seeing that it's illegal, and generally, burning for instance a Hummer H2 generates a lot more of smog-forming pollutants, such as nitrogen oxides than running the vehicle for a considerable amount of time.
Run-on with excessive commas. Also, not sure "such as nitrogen oxides than running the vehicle for a considerable amount of time" is a complete thought.
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This is however a very questionable action, seeing that it's illegal. It also produces the opposite of the desired effect. For instance, burning a Hummer H2 would generate a lot more of smog-forming pollutants, such as nitrogen oxides, than running the vehicle for a considerable amount of time.
| Exsellion89 18:43, 21 June 2007 (UTC) |
A car made out of Italian bread. . . now that would be super. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.19.15.94 (talk) 18:46, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
I removed an unsourced bullet point claiming that too small a displacement causes excessive fuel consumption. Even if true -- which is highly doubtful (ICEs generally operate more efficiently at higher load) -- it is completely implausible that such a vehicle would be characterized as a gas-guzzler as a result. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.246.96.95 (talk) 03:08, 27 January 2013 (UTC)
How about stone-age era engines with low compression ratios and outdated cr*p like carburetors or mechanical distributor ignition? 46.115.118.127 (talk) 08:24, 5 April 2014 (UTC)