MPG Update: We're Getting Better, Just Not Quickly Enough to Please the Eco Crowd

Chances are, the vehicle you drove 10 or 20 years ago returned worse fuel economy than the one sitting in your driveway today. Significantly worse fuel economy.

While this may not be true if you went from strapped Corolla owner to affluent Navigator enthusiast over the past decade or so, it’s true for the average vehicle sold today. In a much-cited report on fleet fuel economy and emissions, the Environmental Protection Agency claims new vehicles hit a record in 2017, with a significant MPG bump looking likely for 2018.

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  • Kwik_Shift_Pro4X Hard pass.
  • Lou_BC By the author's own admission, "It’s a bit of a shame that I didn’t have a chance to take the 2023 Ford F-150 Raptor R I tested off road", why post photos of it offroad?
  • SilverCoupe My wife had wanted one of these, but I influenced her to get a "big" car instead, a Mini Cooper S. I found the Abarth too rough riding, though the one we test drove had had its suspension modified by its owner.
  • SPPPP I am not thrilled for the inevitable false positives. Though that's certainly better than false negatives in the abstract - but people are supposed to be paying attention anyway. Seems like one more step toward a robotic, commoditized future. Bleh.