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Originally Posted by jluetjen
Features. Today's cars have a lot more features, which equal weight, which drags down the mileage (and performance). When I was in college Honda came out with the CRX-HF(?) with a 1.3 liter engine, 2 seats and not much else -- and it would go for well over 40 mpg. Today's cars though have satnav, electric everything, ABS, Cruise-control, traction control, and twice the horse-power. The result -- the mileage isn't even as good as the 1976 Fiesta I drove soon after college.
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This. And the power draw to run the larger electrical systems. Deduct an additional however many MPG because we have crappy ethanol gas now too.