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Old 11-19-2008, 11:58 PM   #19 (permalink)
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Is there a reason that auto-makers are allowed to continue saying that efficiency has improved since the 80's, when it so obviously hasn't?.
MPG is a very poor efficiency metric. MPG/ton have been almost linearly increasing since the 70s. Even then it does not factor in performance.

Not too long ago I saw a pic of a very well made insulating cover for an Insight ICE. Can't find it again though.
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