1979 Cougar is the first car I owned, black like this one. Had it for 3 weeks in 1989 until I was driving through the Jersey pine barrens, cruise control set at 55 mph (I had my first speeding ticket earlier in the day), light drizzle, intermittent wipers going whoosh-whoosh, Doobie Brothers Greatest hits in the tape deck and me sitting in a giant barca lounger covered in red velor. When I woke up I was sliding sideways toward a pinetree................
It must be the engine size and test methodology because I've seen a bunch of great numbers that were corrected for US gallons. So I guess the next question is why we aren't getting these smaller more efficient motors.
Why does it get Ford Focus mileage? We keep hearing these incredible diesel mileage numbers from Europe, but when they bring them over here they get mileage on par with the best gas engines. What happens to them on the voyage across the pond?