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NYC_SKP

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8. True, but requiring higher CAFE standards wouldn't stifle research.

Reply to safeinOhio (Reply #7)

Sun Feb 10, 2013, 03:13 PM

Feb 2013

The research for high performance, for racing, for efficiency, or just for the sake of research, would carry on under a higher efficiency standards climate.

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23 mpg is pretty damned good for a 392 c.i. powered muscle car. Ed Suspicious Feb 2013 #1

Better mileage than an SUV, functionally equal to a minivan Mopar151 Feb 2013 #2

Hardly. More like the MPG of a Mack truck with the utility of a VW Beetle BlueStreak Feb 2013 #3

It's 2013, not 1973. If you need further explanation, spend some more time on this board. nt hatrack Feb 2013 #4

Functionally equivalent to a minivan? NickB79 Feb 2013 #13

We've squandered our technology on higher performance instead of higher efficiencies. NYC_SKP Feb 2013 #5

Double edge sword safeinOhio Feb 2013 #7

True, but requiring higher CAFE standards wouldn't stifle research. NYC_SKP Feb 2013 #8

I'm with you on CAFE standards, safeinOhio Feb 2013 #10

Apparently much of the "high efficient tech" is PR. wtmusic Feb 2013 #12

I do not understand why all cars made now aren't getting 50 mpg or higher stuntcat Feb 2013 #6

there will always be a market for performance vehicles.. frylock Feb 2013 #9

These are hillbilly cars. The people who buy them will turn around next week BlueStreak Feb 2013 #11