>Even then I don't fully understand why it took 30 years for automakers to figure out how to produce high power engines that met emissions standards. They coul

>Even then I don't fully understand why it took 30 years for automakers to figure out how to produce high power engines that met emissions standards. They could probably have done it before, but this stuff is expensive. The current make/model of the first car I bought in the 90s costs double what it did then if you buy it new. I don't think the demand for efficiency really came in until oil prices started shooting up and the government imposed stricter CAFE standards.