your on to something

One reason; weight (aka mass) The ’88 CRX HF was less than 2000lbs, today’s Civic is around 3000lbs.

Today’s customers and regulations require all sorts of crap that add a bunch of weight to the vehicle. In terms of ton-miles per gallon, today’s Civic is more efficient than the CRX HF.

If you want really great mileage, take that ’88 CRX and install a 1.0 liter engine of design comparable to the 2.0 liter in today’s Civic. It would have more power than the original CRX engine and get better mileage.

This is true… and if you really want to get mad look up air car on youtube.. no kidding air cars …no need for a combustible engine… also look up cars that run on water…. these can be brought to the table right now but they keep saying next year …. Readers Digest is the only one that has mentioned the air car otherwise no mention of it anywhere.It is scary!!!!

That crx had a 1.5 litre engine, no weight and a economy transmission that could do 200mph in high gear if the power was there. It was also fuel injected, something we use today to acheive high fuel economy. Honda has always been very good at building fuel efficent cars. Thats why they sell so well now. The insight gets 80mpg in some conditions.

But what you dont think about is how much bigger the prius is than the old crx. Todays civic is larger than the old accord. More mass needs more power to move it around. Nearly all cars today come with abs, traction control, front and side airbags, bells and whistles, tire pressure monitoring systems, ecu’s, tcu’s, dome light control modules… the list goes on. All that stuff adds mass to the car and takes away from fuel economy. The crx wasnt safe or advanced but it did get good mileage and was a blast to drive. Apples and oranges here.