A 100-m.p.g Wonder car
Its funny droop nose may recall the Concorde jet, but the exIts funny droop nose may recall the Concorde jet, but the experimental car unveiled by British Leyland last week does something much better than fly supersonic: driven at a steady 30 m.p.h., it gets 100 miles to the gallon. Push the pedal to 60 m.p.h., and BL's Energy Conservation Vehicle 2, or ECV, still gets a respectable 60 m.p.g.
The ECV, which is not expected to roll off assembly lines before 1988, is a modified version of the company's 50 m.p.g. Mini Metro model being introduced this summer....
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