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Originally Posted by gmookher
sports cars and efficiency are opposites, needs to stay that way
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For me, sports cars should be, above all, small and LIGHTWEIGHT. For reasonably-priced real-world sports cars, add zero-lift/zero-downforce and minimum drag. Should add up to great fuel efficiency.
For several years the highest measured fuel economy in the back of Road & Track magazine was the 1st-gen Lotus Elise, at 35mpg.
True sports cars should be reasonably fuel-efficient.
Oversized/overwrought/overweight sportified luxobarges weighing over 3300 lb. and touted as "sports cars" should be replaced by smaller, more minimalist TRUE sports cars.