> The environmental impact they've had has been far less than any of these cast-body cars Most(85%+) of a car's environmental footprint comes from usage - name

> The environmental impact they've had has been far less than any of these cast-body cars Most(85%+) of a car's environmental footprint comes from usage - namely fuel. And no wonder - a car works itself through approximately 10x its weight in fuel during its lifetime. A car from the 80s or even 90s will naturally have visibly higher fuel consumption that a modern car and thus keeping it running is actually the more environmentally impactful choice. On top of that nowadays factories run on a much cleaner grid than in the 90s, so despite there being more tech and sophisticated materials inside, it's actually less environmentally damaging to produce a car than it used to be.