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Top Gear - Units of measure
Hi all,
I'm a big fan of Top Gear in all of its incarnations (no pun intended), UK, AUS, US.
Now, when the statistics for a car are given, I of course understand the US version, and the AUS version are all in metric units that I can run through a converter.
However, are the UK units the same ones that I'm familiar with? I'm fairly certain that when gallons are mentioned they mean Imperial gallons, but is the mile the same as a US mile (5,280 feet). Is the pound (weight) 16 ounces?
This comes to mind because there are some small cars, e.g. VW Polo, that get incredible mileage and it made me wonder why they aren't available here.
Kent