Looking up the weights of cars gives some interesting realizations.
Cars are heavier today than they've ever been.
A 2016 Taurus (3,964 lb.) weighs more than a much larger 1964 Impala (3,514 lb.).
Cars make more power today than they ever have.
Cars get better mileage today than ever, especially considering they are more powerful and heavier.
They are safer than ever too. It's the number one reason that a Taurus is more massive than a Six-Four. While you might get hurt, you probably won't get dead, in an accident. There's entire new fields of medicine which have arisen to treat injuries in car accidents where previously such impacts would have needed the services of a coroner.
Living in the future is kinda neat.
Keeping up the performance and mileage with the extra weight of the safety equipment is the number one driver of cost on a car, followed closely by labor.
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Hey Angus;
ReplyDeleteI used to be in the car building industry and that is no joke. if it wasn't for the computers, there would be no "High performance" cars of today with more HP and less displacement with better fuel economy . People want the power, but they want the safety stuff and the fuel economy. The Automakers shave ounces where they can and add it where they must. THat is why todays cars are also so expensive..imagine paying over $70,000 for an F150 and people do. I had a hard time paying the $24,000 on my 2001 SportsTrac on "A" plan when I bought her new.