Ford = EcoBoost
   GM   = Ecotec
    Harold Lunt

   Yeah, I'm still getting 47MPG with my '92 GEO METRO!!!   No air,
   1625 lbs with 1/2 tank fuel, 3 cyl, 5 speed.  Such progress we've
   been making  :)

   Dan F


Yup, you have to love progress. 1970 Mazda 1200 Coupe' got 40 MPG. Same body
as a R100 but a piston engine with carb. R100 had some braces to stiffen it,
so it was about 100# heavier. 1200 Coupe' was about 1700#. Went like stink
with a RX2 engine.

Dale Davies


Same goes for my RX2. Weight was 2300 pounds while my RX8 is over 3000 pounds
with essentially the same weight engine. There was more interior
room in the RX2.

Perhaps we are letting the wrong people make decisions.
When first introduced, the Volt carried a $41,000 sticker, though it qualified
for a $7,500 federal tax credit. Is this the GM EV all over again?
Why are we, the taxpayers, having to subsidize these unpopular cars?

Paul Lamar



Yeah but ..... did your RX-2 have door guard beams and crash worthy,
energy absorbing bumpers, catalytic converter and other smog
paraphernalia and a plethora of air bags plus air conditioning, power
windows, remote locking, seat belts and crash worthy seats ... even
cup holders?  That and dozens of other mandated features have driven
car weight upwards and made engines less efficient.

It is easy to carp about car design but difficult to do in practice
in todays regulatory environment.

SD

My point exactly. My RX2 had air as I recall and seat belts.

Paul Lamar