by Steve <no@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Feb 22, 2008 at 12:36 PM
Lloyd wrote:
>>The greatest increases in mileage over the past 30 years have been
attained
>>by making cars smaller to decrease vehicle WEIGHT. Carmakers had to
switch
>>to more costly and more failure-prone FWD in these smaller cars to
recapture
>>the space taken up by the driveshaft tunnel. A lesser but quite
im****tant
>>improvement in mileage was gained by computer controlled fuel mixtures.
>>
>
>
> Aerodynamics have also improved. 6-speed automatics (and 6-speed
> manuals), even 7- and 8-speeds, also help.
Bingo. Wow- Lloyd and I agree! Mark this date! :-)
Seriously, putting more gears in the gearbox, cleaning up aerodynamics,
AND the advent of the locking torque convertor are worth far more than
EFI and weight reduction (which hasn't really happened anyway) combined.
