More importantly, the auto makers have taken the pulse of the buying market, and are giving us exactly what we ask for. Most people would rather buy a 300+ HP rocket than a car that got 50MPG but only got from 0 to 60 in 15 seconds. :^(
What the article doesn't say is the reason mileage has remained a constant is because the big automakers have derived what they consider the MPG "pain threshold" for each market, and would rather add performance under that pain threshold than raise the mileage. Gary Thompson 1995 E320 On 4/6/07, andrew strasfogel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
But the 1992 vs. today comparisons on fuel economy may not be comparable since EPA changed their formula for calculating the mileage. On 4/6/07, Loren Faeth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Too bad they didn't go back further and include Diesels. The rabbits and > 201 did pretty good. With the new bluetec engines, the same cars would > wipe out the "hybrid" and gassers today. > > At 08:31 AM 4/6/2007, you wrote: > >Speaking of the economy of older cars - I just saw this, which only > >goes back to '92 -- > > > >http://autos.msn.com/advice/article.aspx?contentid=4024682 > > Loren Faeth > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
