Jay Leno Looks At The U.S. ARMY’s Latest Vehicle

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The FED (Fuel Efficient Demonstrator):

The FED employs plenty of carbon fiber and aluminum as a weight-reducing measure, which helps give this four-seater a 30-percent improvement in fuel economy over current military vehicles. Yet even after such a significant increase in efficiency, the FED only gets seven miles per gallon. Under the carbon fiber hood, the FED is powered by a turbocharged and supercharged Cummins four-cylinder engine putting out 200 horsepower and 568 pound-feet of torque. That helps produce enough power to allow the 15,000-pound FED to have a top speed of almost 75 miles per hour. (Source)

US-ARMY-FED-VehicleMore pictures and info over at Jay Leno’s garage.

Holy, that is a serious vehicle.

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Regulus March 14, 2013 at 07:42 am

I wonder if any Alex Jones listeners or coast to coast listeners saw this while driving home from work. LOL. bet they freaked out a little bit..

for the record…i listen to both radio programs. haha.

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Roughshod April 28, 2013 at 07:14 pm

I’m sure that aluminum will be just as good for armor as the steel version was. Right?

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