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Originally Posted by ebacherville
Seems the highest MPG cars ever sold in the USA were carburetored.. The Honda CRX, like the one I just got, is carbed and is rated at 57mpg in the 1987 CRX sales brochures.
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It is also lighter than any fuel-injected car made in/for the US market. BMC Minis, and any number of other honorable mentions, were known for 50+ mpg... welcome to weighing slightly more than a tin can and having a 30-50 hp engine.
The newer engines and drivetrains are amazingly efficient, we have been able to maintain relatively "the same" or sometimes better average FE despite vehicle weight increasing yearly due to airbags, extra side impact reinforcement, higher centers of gravity for crash resistance, ABS, ad nauseam. From the 84-87 era of Civics (comparing these since the CRX died in '91) the new Civics are over 1200 lbs heavier.