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Frank, I go back to the 18' long, two ton gunboats that graced American roads in the late 50s and early 60s. You've taken a slice of time in the early 90s, when cars were porking up from the really light tin boxes of the late 80s, and used that to make your point that modern cars are needlessly heavy because of safety mandates. It's not a representative example.
I can take another slice in time, use a 1959 Chevrolet Impala as my base example, and "prove" that modern cars are lighter, smaller, and safer than cars of old, because of safety mandates. It's just as representative as your example, and "proves" the opposite trend.
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Darrell
Boycotting Exxon since 1989, BP since 2010
Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac? George Carlin
Mean Green Toaster Machine
49.5 mpg avg over 53,000 miles. 176% of '08 EPA
Best flat drive 94.5 mpg for 10.1 mi
Longest tank 1033 km (642 mi) on 10.56 gal = 60.8 mpg
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