What if you cannot afford a “new” fuel efficient automobile?

[EdwinTheMagnificent]

Wow, after folks read that , there will be a stampede of people running to their local used-car lot to try to find a Sable wagon. Some of them will only be able to find a Taurus and will be laughed at by the Sable owners. But ALL of them will be SO GLAD they were able to dump their crappy uncomfortable Prius and get into some real American iron.

[50 mpg by 2012]

Originally Posted by EdwinTheMagnificent

Wow, after folks read that , there will be a stampede of people running to their local used-car lot to try to find a Sable wagon. Some of them will only be able to find a Taurus and will be laughed at by the Sable owners. But ALL of them will be SO GLAD they were able to dump their crappy uncomfortable Prius and get into some real American iron.

Maybe the data at these links will shed some light on the situation

http://www.fueleconomy.gov/mpg/MPG.d...el=Sable Wagon

http://www.fueleconomy.gov/mpg/MPG.d...ry&model=Sable

http://www.fueleconomy.gov/mpg/MPG.d...odel=Sable FWD

http://www.fueleconomy.gov/mpg/MPG.d...da&model=Civic

http://www.fueleconomy.gov/mpg/MPG.d...model=Civic HX

http://www.fueleconomy.gov/mpg/MPG.d...model=Civic HF

There is a great amount of data covering many years (some pre 1990) so I'll let you review it and draw your own conclusions about user average mpg experience.

BTW ... http://www.fueleconomy.gov/mpg/MPG.do?action=browseList is based more than 35,000 model configurations over the past 28 years.

EDIT: My new 1975 Civic CVCC cost 1/6 the base price of the 2012 Civic HF with 38 and 39 User MPG respectively. Of course, the 2012 is a LOT MORE car.

[PaleMelanesian]

Originally Posted by 50 mpg by 2012

EDIT: My new 1975 Civic CVCC cost 1/6 the base price of the 2012 Civic HF with 38 and 39 User MPG respectively. Of course, the 2012 is a LOT MORE car.

Yes, but inflation. Counting for that, the old CVCC cost 2/3 as much as the new Hf.