The milage of old VW’s and Honda’s were great. Then they install all those complex systems to prevent emissions. They have been trying to recover from that for years.
“The mileage of old VW’s and Honda’s were great.”
Old Beetles got 29-30 mpg. At least both of the two (’59 & ‘63) that I owned got that.
IIRC, so did everyone else’s.
Yes the old VW’s got great mileage. The first one imported in ‘49 had a 30hp engine. When they were phased out in ‘79, it was up to 57hp.
My ‘74 got 33 mpg but there was not enough extra hp to have an air conditioner.
Do we want to go back to that level of performance?