Two Thumbs
Platinum Member
WTF?I remember when every car made in the USA got about 10 MPG if you were lucky. My first car an Olds 88 got like between 6-8 MPG. My second a ford sunliner got about 10-12 mpg.
Now my light truck hovers around 29 MPG slighly more on long trips if I keep it below 70 mph.
Offhand I'd say setting targets for the fleet's overall gas consumption has been a good idea.
What evidence do you have that it was federal mandates which are chiefly responsible for this?
Logical Fallacy: Post Hoc
back then gas cost a quarter a gallon, so there was little demand for high milage cars.