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Re:America’s Cars Are Getting Faster and More Efficient by onion2k on Friday May 19, 2017 @02:24AM (#14373393)
24 MPG is embarrassingly bad. A 1970s Datsun 240Z gets the same fuel economy. Compared to a modern luxury car, a new BMW 3 Series will get 80 MPG on a freeway. There's nothing wrong with buying a gorgeous car like yours, there are plenty of reasons to have one, but trying to claim it's environmentally friendly is just ridiculous.
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Re:America’s Cars Are Getting Faster and More Efficient by vlucas on Monday May 22, 2017 @10:57AM (#14394074)
Whoa there. I never said it was "environmentally friendly". That is indeed ridiculous. Just saying that for the amount of power it has, it gets better than expected gas mileage.

Also, it looks like a 1970s Datsun 240Z averages significantly worse: http://www.fuelly.com/car/datsun/240z/1973 - further proving my point, and the one of the article in question.

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Re:America’s Cars Are Getting Faster and More Efficient by kooshball on Friday May 19, 2017 @12:48PM (#14377369)
Which BMW 3 series gets 80mpg?

https://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/bymodel/2017_BMW_3_Series.sh...

Are you talking about the i8?

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