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> A gas-powered sedan weighed down by all the modern safety requirements can only get ~43mpg on the highway. Meanwhile in 1988 (36 years ago!) one could buy a
by jjav 3y ago
> A gas-powered sedan weighed down by all the modern safety requirements can only get ~43mpg on the highway.
Meanwhile in 1988 (36 years ago!) one could buy a Honda CRX that got 49mpg on the highway.
Weight is indeed the enemy here. To cut energy consumption and emissions we need to rethink the madness of 4000lb+ cars. I want to buy a 1600lb car with mindblowing mpg numbers using modern engine technology.
- dragontamer 3y agoNot 1600lb, but the lightest traditional ICE car I'm aware of is the Mitsubishi Mirage at 2106lbs.
- postalrat 3y agoThe lotus elan is about 1500. The earlier honda insights are about 1850.
- yfw 3y agoYou can if the rest of the cars on the road were in the same weight class. Otherwise that's like going bowling with an egg.