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Originally Posted by L-Pink
Basic 289 around 200hp the hi-performance 289 almost 300hp.
And in todays dollars the car would cost $5000.00  |
I own a 2003 Toyota Tacoma 4x4 which I bought new for 22,000 cash. It is a V6 with 190 horsepower and makes 22 mpg on the highway. I am not sure what it makes around town...but I think probably around 18 mpg.
Americans like their horsepower so even though the engines are smaller the horsepower in the majority remains on the high side or close to what the older bigger engines were. Even when a new high milage car is introduced the manufacturers keep increasing the size of the car and increasing the horsepower as that is what the consumer wants. I bought a new '86 Escort that made 41 mpg on the highway but until the escort was discontinued they kept making it bigger, heavier with increased horsepower thus the milage kept decreasing.
The new Toyota Tacoma's have 240 horsepower and even though they have added a 6th gear to try and compensate the mpg is less than my '03. BTW I like my '03 better than the '07's.