David Champion Quotations | Page 2

All the big electronics companies are based in Japan. So when you start putting a lot of electronics and electrical systems in, I think they probably have the best infrastructure to make the sub-assemblies.

And as we back up, it actually shows you where you're going to go.

Just one in ten of the vehicles we tested achieved fuel economies as good as or better than EPA estimates.

Domestic vehicles have made substantial advances, Ford is doing better than GM and Chrysler, but new model launches are not as good. We are seeing many more electronic features, and that's the biggest trouble area readers tell us about.

The automobile has probably got the worst environment for electronics. They're very dry, very dusty; or very hot and humid; or very cold and wet.

It all depends on how you drive the vehicle. We run them the way people really drive in the city.

The E.P.A. test was developed in the 1970's and is not reflective of the way cars are driven today.

The electrical and electronic features tend to be problematic, so they could be causing a leveling off of reliability even though the rest of the car is getting more reliable.

If the car skids out of control it brings the car back into line.

This is a normal diesel engine in this Jetta. What we've done is in the rear of the vehicle we've put a separate fuel tank that holds the french fry oil. That is transported to the front through these heated lines that use the actual engine heat to heat it. It comes through the filter which is also heated into the valve.