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Originally Posted by AJI
Call me crazy, but I think I'd prefer a 2010 CR-Z to an 81 Escort no matter how close the Ford gets to the Honda's figures...
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Cost factors in there... you could own an 81 Escort for the cost of one payment on a 2010 anything. But that's not the point.
The point is cars have been in production for about 110 years.
Actual production model cars with four seats + cargo were available 30 years ago that got 40+ mpg all day long, without the benefit of today's flush windshields, undertrays, hidden rain gutters, aero headlamps, synthetic lubricants, computerized engine management, or even much development budget spent on aerodynamics. We're talking the cheapest segment of cars here too, ones that had to sell on price more than anything else.
Honda's had almost a third of the total time cars have even existed, to improve on that. And they haven't. But it sure looks pretty don't it?
