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Originally Posted by MN12Fan
Jeez, first GM and now Ford? Talk about the sky falling. Is it really so hard to make a fuel efficient RWD car? My 14 year old, two-ton Thunderbird consistently gets fuel economy in the high twenties on the highway (28MPG was my all-time best) and in the high teens in the city. I've gotten about 23MPG combined on each of my past two fill ups with about 60% highway driving. Am I to believe that the limit of fuel efficiency in RWD cars was reached in the mid-'90s? What a gyp.
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Someone at Ford has to be either brain-dead or just lazy.
My 1990 Mark VII, with a 5.0L 302
Windsor, has gotten as high as 23-25MPG on the highway and I got a consistent 17-18MPG out of it in city driving (when I did drive it to work). This is on a platform that dates back to the Ford Administration (no pun intended), using an engine that is an absolute relic.
C'mon Ford......show some backbone here (unlike GM) !!