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Originally Posted by cRiPpLe_rOoStEr
Sure the technical evolution is not negligible, but comparing a full-hybrid to its predecessor from days when hybrid cars were quite a sci-fi daydream is an apples-to-oranges comparison.
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Even looking at conventional gas engine huge gains have been made. Honda doesn't sell a subcompact car in the USA anymore. The Civic is the smallest and it is midsize and 16% larger than an 80's Accord.
The 2021 Civic does 33 mpg combined and the Accord does the same.
Image the gains that could be made if we focused on fuel economy instead of making larger and larger cars with more and more power?
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Originally Posted by cRiPpLe_rOoStEr
As you mentioned, the Accord has grown 3 class sizes. So, presumably they were not adjusted to accomodate the increasing sizes of vehicles there in the United States. Meanwhile in countries such as mine, my point is some cars which are nowadays considered small would be considered large if they were released 20 years earlier.
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We are saying the same thing.