Prius schmius — try an Austin-Healey Sprite and 36 mpg
11 August 2008
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Of course your wallet hurts every time you have to fill the car up. Nevertheless, in these trying times we must always remember the words of Fernando Lamas: it is better to look good than to feel good. Cars That Matter has put together a list of classic automobiles that get anywhere from 21 to 48 mpg, which means you can look good while you save money.
The heaviest drinker is the Datsun 240Z, just cracking into the twenties. But plenty of cars hover around the 30 mpg mark, like the Lotus Europa, Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider, and Fiat X1/9. If you want to crack the big four-oh, you’ve still got choices: BMW Isetta and Honda S800. And the Crosley Hotshot will get you a miserly 48 mpg.
All right, so there are some niggling issues of practicality — almost all the cars have only two chairs — unsuitability for winter, plus many of them are mechanical horrors. As such, we must always remember the words of dear old dad: there are no free lunches. But there are choices, and that has to count for something…
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