Fuel Economy

[BailOut]

Originally Posted by petesimac

This really cracked me up yesterday: I was watching The Goodbye Girl, a 1977 film, and in the film, one of the characters is describing a Subaru, saying that it gets 39 mpg hwy and 29 city! What!? Isn't it remarkable that 30 years ago, cars were getting essentially the same mpg that our Yaris gets now? You would think that in the passage of time that we would have figured out how to put together a car that gets 50+ mpg without having to resort to a hybrid engine. Unbelievable.

Pete,

Welcome to the CAFE debate! Try not to get so pissed off at the AAMA that you feel the need to blow something up.

[marcus]

Originally Posted by BailOut

Pete,

Welcome to the CAFE debate! Try not to get so pissed off at the AAMA that you feel the need to blow something up.

hey bailout you have to compensate for the subaru's engine back then.. 1977 its probably has a small engine 1.3l -1.6 its under 73hp .. it may be accurate that that cars gas mileage could be close to ours.. but its got no hp..its hp to weight ratio probably keeping that car on the slow side...just my thoughts but im sure others disagree....