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Whats the newest car you can buy with a carburator?

by postalrat 5y ago

mindcrime 5y ago
Probably something built in the 1980's, if not the 1970's. Fuel-injection was pretty near ubiquitous by around the mid 80's as best as I can remember. I doubt very many, if any, cars were built new with carburetors anytime from 1990 on... Edit: the above refers to the US specifically. As other commentators have pointed out, the situation is different in other regions.
- olyjohn 5y ago
  Depends on where you live. In the US, there are definitely no more carbureted cars. But overseas is a whole different story. I wanna say like 2017 there was Proton or something like that with a carb on it. From some quick Googling... The Ford Ka in Europe was carbureted (and pushrod!) up until 2000. I believe the VW CitiGolf was carb'd until 2008. Lada's maybe had carbs up until 2014. I think Proton even had one until the mid 2010's also. Interestingly. I thought that here in the US, we got rid of all carb'd motorcycles as well. But Honda is releasing the 2022 Navi, and it's carbureted! Especially weird since they have other 110cc engines that have fuel injection.
- wiredfool 5y ago
  My 88 Chevy beater truck was the last year of carburetors, as it had an old small block v8 in it.
- hedora 5y ago
  Mid 90’s GMC Sierra trucks had carburetors with comparable fuel efficiency to current models. (Not sure about emissions though.) It wouldn’t surprise me if some of the newer “Sierra Classic” line (same body style; overlapped the new platform model years) had airbags and carburetors. Unfortunately, the interiors of those trucks were made of plastics that started shattering a decade ago. Good luck finding one with a working seat and door controls, let alone radio, etc! As long as you kept them below 80mph, they handled great. Above that, the speedometer was pinned, and tapping the brakes caused them to pull hard to one side. I miss that truck.

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Whats the newest car you can buy with a carburator?

by postalrat 5y ago

Whats the newest car you can buy with a carburator?

mindcrime 5y ago
Probably something built in the 1980's, if not the 1970's. Fuel-injection was pretty near ubiquitous by around the mid 80's as best as I can remember. I doubt very many, if any, cars were built new with carburetors anytime from 1990 on... Edit: the above refers to the US specifically. As other commentators have pointed out, the situation is different in other regions.
- olyjohn 5y ago
  Depends on where you live. In the US, there are definitely no more carbureted cars. But overseas is a whole different story. I wanna say like 2017 there was Proton or something like that with a carb on it. From some quick Googling... The Ford Ka in Europe was carbureted (and pushrod!) up until 2000. I believe the VW CitiGolf was carb'd until 2008. Lada's maybe had carbs up until 2014. I think Proton even had one until the mid 2010's also. Interestingly. I thought that here in the US, we got rid of all carb'd motorcycles as well. But Honda is releasing the 2022 Navi, and it's carbureted! Especially weird since they have other 110cc engines that have fuel injection.
- wiredfool 5y ago
  My 88 Chevy beater truck was the last year of carburetors, as it had an old small block v8 in it.
- hedora 5y ago
  Mid 90’s GMC Sierra trucks had carburetors with comparable fuel efficiency to current models. (Not sure about emissions though.) It wouldn’t surprise me if some of the newer “Sierra Classic” line (same body style; overlapped the new platform model years) had airbags and carburetors. Unfortunately, the interiors of those trucks were made of plastics that started shattering a decade ago. Good luck finding one with a working seat and door controls, let alone radio, etc! As long as you kept them below 80mph, they handled great. Above that, the speedometer was pinned, and tapping the brakes caused them to pull hard to one side. I miss that truck.