Ok there are some real standouts.
And in general in town fe has gone up some.
But a lot of car really old cars got some pretty good fe.
I used to drive a 1979 Ford F150 with a 351 Automatic.
It had good power and towing ability and got 12.5 mpg with mosly intown driving.
My wife drives a 2000 Expedition and on the weeks that it never sees the freeway it averages 13.5 mpg. It has a lot fewer miles on it than my old truck had. So fuel injection, overdrive and 8 coil ignition and all it gets is 1 mpg better.
I thought it was interesting.
I had a Pont T1000 (chevette) back in 81. It you drove it real easy it would get 38 in town. It got a little less on the highway, I guess because of 3.73 gear and no overdrive.
a Chevy Vega would get 30+ on the highway if it was running good.
My 66 oldsmobile would get 21 on the highway running 65 to 70.
Which is about the same as my 2004 crown vic.
I guess I am a little amazed at the lack of progress in FE.
Cars are a lot faster!!!
Just a little venting. What older cars do you guys remember that got good mileage?
I had a Fiat 131 and it ran good but it did not get very good FE.
see the links below
http://www.adclassix.com/ads2/76datsunb210.htm
http://datsun1200.com/modules/myalbu...o.php?lid=1661
There were a lot of really FE cars up to about 10 years ago.
Remember when the CRX cam out.
The new CRX was basically the Civic chassis under a sporty body. Two models were offered: the base CRX and the CRX 1.5. The chief difference between the two was that the base CRX had a 1.3-liter engine (which allowed the car to score amazing fuel economy ratings of 51 in the city and on the 67 highway) and the CRX 1.5 had the 1.5-liter engine. All CRXs had a two-tone paint scheme, comprised of White, Blue or Red with a Silver lower bodyside and bumper treatment.
Now I really fear Manufacturers do not want to give you a super high mileage choice that is cheap they would rather move you to an expensive hybrid.
It seams you will have to spend money to save it.
What do you guys think?
A Datsun B210 would get better mileage than a new Kia or Hyndai or Fit or Aveo?
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