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Tuesday, July 3, 2007 12:00 AM

Hip, hip, CAFE!

Some Dems celebrate a new Senate bill to boost gas mileage. But it's premature to toast the end of our high-octane bender.
By Katharine Mieszkowski

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  • Tuesday, July 3, 2007 07:24 AM

    mnike's right!

    Dangit,it's true - if we went back to 1980's acceleration, we could hit those numbers easy and still have our big cars. My '89 Camry, a midsize, has 115 horsepower. There are just a handful of tiny subcompacts sold in America today with such low horsepower. Of course, I also want a car with a little more pickup, but the HP of some of these cars now is just stupid.

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