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Show There are two makes of diesel car sold in America. Ours lists for some $3,000 less. Peugeot 504 Diesel List Price- $8,260 Mercedes 240 D List Price $10,278 1,121 Options. Total. Wheelbase 08 0" Front headroom. 39 7" Front leg room- 40 9" EPA estimated fuel mileage: 35 mpg highway, 27 mpg city Velour upholstery. Rack and pinion steering 1 Sliding sunroof standard Metallic paint standard Electric front windows standard $11,399 Wheelbase. 108 3" Front headroom. 39. " Front legroom. 42 0" EPA estimated fuel mileage 1 31 mpg highway, 24 mpg city Vinyl upholstery Recirculating-bal- l proportionately powered steering Sliding sunroof $378 extra Metallic paint $435 extra Electnc windows (front and rear) $308 extra The price difference between our Peugeot Diesel and a comparably equipped Mercedes 240 D is, perhaps, the most obvious difference between them. Both cars are similar in size and roominess. Both can be had with many of the same comforts (although, with Mercedes, youll have to pay some $1,100 over the base pnce to have them). Both cars give you disc brakes for fast, sure stops Both give you four-- heel d radials for a smooth, stable ride independent suspension and Both Mercedes and Peugeot give you the benefit of decades of expenence with diesel engines Since its first production diesel in 1928, Peugeot has built more than a million light diesel engines. Both the Peugeot Diesel and the Mercedes Diesel give you all the economies of an engine that operating has no carburetors to be adjusted and no spark plugs, points, or condensers to be replaced. And of a fuel that averages nationally less per gallon than unleaded gasoline The significant difference is, Peugeot gives you all this for some $3,000 less s (counting Mercedes' $ extra charges for essentially the same kind of equipment thats included in Peugeots list price). So if youre considering a Diesel, be it a sedan or wagon, consider the P eugeot first. Because a diesel car is PftWi even more economical when you can get it for thousands , TT i y.rr A different kind of luxury car. of dollars less. power-assiste- d four-whe- el w steel-belte- 6t-7- C 1,100-plu- iiy 0 K P tl Manufacturers' suggested retail prices, List Coast PO E Dealer prepara non included Optional equipment, delivery charges, and taxes extra Actual mileage depends on where and how you drive, optional equipment, car maintenance, and other variables National average computed by U S government May, 1976 4608 S. Stst, PuJiappa |