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Originally Posted by meanjoe75fan
Well, yeah...circa 2012 tech will do better than circa 1998 tech.
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OK, a 1998 Civic will get much better than 35 MPG at 55 MPH.
My 1990 CRX averaged 46 MPG over several years, with at least a couple of 50 MPG tanks in there. At 55 MPH, I'm pretty sure it was well over 50 MPG. Mine wasn't even the high-MPG HF version, which the EPA rated at 50 MPG with stops and starts and accelerations and decelerations.
35 MPG instantaneous at 55 MPH is really fairly crappy. Heck, a late-90s Vette gets close to that, and might even do better!
I'm pretty sure the Focus isn't a very aero car--the lousy MPG (if it really is 35) proves that point.
-soD