Posted by Pops1532 on March 09, 2014 at 15:26:28 from (98.227.133.60):
In Reply to: fuel economy posted by greg oliver on March 08, 2014 at 10:00:35:
When the EPA first got involved performance and mileage suffered a lot. It took a long time for the car companies to get back to the performance and economy of the 60's cars.
Today's cars can often outperform the old muscle cars thanks to computerized engine controls.
A good bit of what hurts mileage on today's cars is all the stuff people think they need. Power seats, a/c, and all the insulation that makes new cars quieter than old cars, plus all the safety equipment that adds weight.
The idea that old cars couldn't or didn't achieve good mileage is often not based in fact. The old compact and intermediate cars were the size of what's considered a full size car today. Many of those cars got extremely good mileage. Heck, even my parents full size 66 Ford wagon got in the upper 20's on the highway. I drove a Maverick in high school. That thing got over 20 mpg in town.
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