Now fast forward to 2014. My new JGC has a straight V8 that makes 360 horses, goes 0-60 in 6.6 seconds, requires regular gas, and weighs 4,700 lbs. At more than a thousand pounds heavier, with a bigger engine, and using gas with less octane so far it gets 3 MPG better efficiency then the Infiniti. That's while hauling itself to 60 in only .7 of a second slower than my little coupe. Now still, that's not tremendous gas mileage, but considering the difference from 9 years ago you wonder how far we could be if the car companies had taken efficiency more seriously sooner.
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