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[image] bcohen2010: Nowadays, it’s difficult to find anything which can crest 25 mpg, Vehicles today are larger (1988 Corolla was a subcompact) and get better than 30 mpg city mileage. [image]

The almost new 2018 1500 Silverado 5.3L w/355 HP, 4x4 4 door that I put well over 4000 miles on it in 2 months got 18-20 mpg with me doing 85+ (parts of the road I would sometimes get it to 105 for a mile or two) most of the way on a 120 mile round trip everyday, I am sure doing the speed limit wou…

[image] bcohen2010: Nowadays, it’s difficult to find anything which can crest 25 mpg, and that’s just crazy My V8 Mustang will hit 24 mpg on the highway. 19.5 in mixed traffic. My Audi A4, a 3800 lb sedan, will hit 34 on the highway and get 26 or so combined. Both larger than your old Corolla…

IDK how this became an MPG thread…I guess b/c first someone brought up the “Smartcar” and then someone else commented on the low mpgs of that little matchbox. I agree and felt the same. I was thinking that if you put me in that little tin can I’ll need very large MPGs. I felt the same when the Pri…

[lego1] Best guess it slips through some low speed vehicle loophole but it’s going to depend on how much it ends up costing once here.

[image] bcohen2010: Nowadays, it’s difficult to find anything which can crest 25 mpg, and that’s just crazy! When my NX 450h+ PHEV was at the dealership for its 15k service, my loaner car was a new RX 350 (non-hybrid). The main reasons why I didn’t like the RX was that its ride was too “flo…

[image] Nevada_545: Vehicles today are larger (1988 Corolla was a subcompact) and get better than 30 mpg city mileage. Exactly! If somebody wants a compact sedan, they can easily find one that gets much better gas mileage than a smaller, less-powerful, less-safe subcompact from the '80s.

Very true, my daughters 2002 was smaller than my 2006, and now her 2017 Corolla is bigger than the 2006 was…

Several European cities don’t allow larger vehicles in, except to drop people or cargo off. A car like this allows someone in one of those cities to shop and park close to home with a short walk carrying groceries or other goods. Large vehicles must park in satellite garages on the outskirts of the …

Almost all models have gotten bigger over the years. The newer Civics are something like 14 inches longer than the original Accords. And yet, gas mileage continues to grow–even with more powerful engines.

Introducing the "Lego Car". Is this a workable, very small EV alternative for the USA?

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I always get a laugh when folks compare small, slow, polluting cars with the crash safety of a Bud can to modern cars. And I can easily find cars that get better than 25 mpg.

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Introducing the "Lego Car". Is this a workable, very small EV alternative for the USA?

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