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Originally Posted by Othen
That was a different era Dave, petrol was relatively cheap and expectations were lower. I recall seeing a Ford advertisement back in the 70s that boasted one of its new models (I can’t remember which - but probably an Escort) would achieve 30 MPG. Nowadays manufacturers would be ashamed of 30 MPG, but then it was very good.
Times change.
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I was making the point an Amazon should achieve 30mpg on UK gallons Alan, not the expectation of great figures from it. With a US gallon being ~0.8 UK gallons, their mpg figures were inherently lower.
I get what you say about times changing but even in the 70s, 25mpg wasn't something to shout too loudly about from a mid-sized car. By the early 80s, many manufacturers were boasting of 50+mpg from a mid-size 1600cc car (Mk2 Cavalier with 5 speed box, 51.4mpg) so times definitely do change and with it, technology.