Honda Motors, the fuel economy "leader"? [View All]

[Kolesar]

We had to go to some new car dealers to shop for a replacement automobile. I read the Honda Accord V6 sticker to see what fuel economy is gets. It specifies all of 21 city/30 highway. I purchased a 1989 Chevrolet Celebrity and still recall its fuel economy specification: 19/29. So, in sixteen years, the world's greenest automaker has managed to engineer an equivalent vehicle that gets all of 10% better fuel economy in the city and a pitiful 3% improvement in highway fuel economy.

One might respond that the new vehicle has more power, but the Chevrolet was not lacking. I transported four adults, a canoe, and a week's supply of food on a road trip to Canada with that Chevrolet and we made it with that humble push-rod V6. It had adequate power.

What do I need 240 hp and 212 ft.lbs of torque for anyway? I am not planning to drag race.