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80s Tercel got 40MPG 2014 Rav4 gets 20MPG Same gasoline, both 4 cylinder. The RAV4 is much more advanced. It's emissions that have killed gas milage.
by MCRed 12y ago
80s Tercel got 40MPG
2014 Rav4 gets 20MPG
Same gasoline, both 4 cylinder. The RAV4 is much more advanced.
It's emissions that have killed gas milage.
- chadgeidel 12y agoTo compare a 1.3 or 1.5 liter engine making well under 90 HP to a 2.0 or 2.5 liter engine making 150-170 HP and saying "both 4 cylinder" like they are the same engine is disingenuous at best. Combine that with the fact that the modern car is probably 1000 pounds heavier (as well as much taller) it's very obvious where the fuel mileage has gone.
- ptaipale 12y agoThe 80s Tercel weighed something like 900 kg, while an RAV4 weighs 1150 kg. This also has an impact. And the RAV4 has many more goodies that eat electricity - and did the Tercel even have aircon? Yes, the catalyser burns some fuel, but it is not the only thing there. The biggest thing probably is that the RAV4 is much more powerful, and in the measurement cycle, the more power there is in the engine, the more of it is used, so the nominal consumption goes up. And to some extent this happens in real life as well. Modern cars are quite overpowered for the actual purposes of transport. Power is nice, because you can feel it when you kick the gas pedal. But that does eat fuel.
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