"all time mpg champs"

[loki]

http://www.popularmechanics.com/automotive...444.html?page=2

insight

chevy sprint

rabbit pickup

metro xfi

civic.

the chevy sprint was the funniest.

The age of the fuel injector had begun decades ago, but even by the 1980s, the Sprint didn't care. With a computer-controlled carburetor, a 48-hp, three-cylinder engine and a curb weight under 1600 pounds, the Sprint achieved 44 mpg city and 53 mpg highway, and it won the fuel economy title in 1986, '87 and '88. Suzuki engineered the car, basically an American version of 1985's mpg champ, the Suzuki SA310, and many of its basics carried through to the Geo Metro of later years (see Geo Whiz). The Sprint was available as a two-door or four-door with no change in fuel economy. A turbocharged and fuel-injected version made 70 horsepower and would zoom to 60 mph in 9.4 seconds, but mileage dropped to 37/43. The base model, with a sticker price around five grand, came with AM radio; load it up and you got FM too, plus a cassette tape player and a digital clock.

[capriceman]

I loved my Sprint!!! i think it was an 88 and blue. I averaged 58 mpg when i drove it normally but about 42 when balls to wall! The days before safety standards.

[Drew Dowdell]

No Crosley?

[loki]

well.. i'm sure they kept it to american market mass produced models...?

[Sixty8panther]

Original MINI.

[regfootball]

we need a new 'CRX' hf.

and a chevette equivalent.

Edited October 25, 2008 by regfootball

[ocnblu]

A CRX wtf?

[regfootball]

si? they had a high mpg version of the crx at one time, didnt they?