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Its taking a narrow view of the situation assuming all your FE gains are due to more efficient combustion. The aerodynamic improvements are absolutely huge. Everything has an OD tranny now. Tires and oil are leaps and bounds ahead. The catalytic converter has to be one of the best devices ever invented. Advances in manufacturing methods and materials deserve great credit, they had the potential to design great cars in the past but couldn’t mass produce them cheap.
To get some perspective though, a 55 chevy could get 25 mpg and its every bit the car as todays midsizes when comparing room and cargo capacity.
Last edited by Duffman; 04-18-2008 at 12:28 AM..
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