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Originally Posted by lio45
The mid-1990s.
The 5th gen Civic I have in my driveway gets:
- 55 mpg highway (old EPA figure)
- 49 mpg highway (new lowered 2008 EPA figure... too low to be realistic, IMO)
- ~52-53 mpg highway (my real world average during normal hwy driving, at 65-70 mph)
I'm just answering this FWIW, it's not that relevant to the thread. It would probably be quite easy to get a current Civic to hit 40 hwy mpg with a few tweaks, if it was that important. Apparently it doesn't prevent the car from selling well...
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Neat......A Geo Metro did as well. Lets get back to 2008 and I can ask the question again if you would like because obviously to answer it you went back to the mid 1990's, not today.
The point is that the cars it is going against as of March 2009, it will get better mpg then it's petro competition. Oh and how much hp does the Civic you have now have (again from my question)?
EDIT: nevermind I found it, "A 102-horsepower, 1.5-liter 4-cylinder went into DX and LX models. The top-rung EX 4-door carried a 1.6-liter four with variable valve timing, plus antilock brakes. Other models included the base CX with a 70-horsepower, 1.5-liter four, a miserly new VX that featured a 92-horsepower engine, and a sporty Si with a higher-output 1.6-liter four"
Still not impressive as say a 1.4l turbo engine that is in the Cruze today. I would hope a civic with 70hp would get 40+mpg on the highway, thats the only thing I can see going for it even then.