I agree with botfly here. That's why I gave up buying touring cars and SUVs for super fuel efficient vehicles. That doesn't mean you lose all of your fun and safety though. Heck, I love how many good cars have been made light and safe in the past that can benefit from an eco powertrain transplant. Much more power than the original, and yet, very light and durable. 50mpg when driving economically and still faster than a lot of unmodified muscle cars of yesteryear and not even have a hybrid.
Name the 'super fuel efficient' vehicles.
Case in point, my 'fun' car is a 2008 Lotus Elise. It carries a factory supercharger and is regarded as one of the best handling sports cars ever made. While it's not uber practical as a daily driver, I put approximately 10K miles on it a year (and that includes it being in winter storage from Nov-April). It makes a simple drive to walgreens a complete joy. Can go from grocery story to track and back.
It will do 0-60 in @ 4.6 seconds and stick to corners like very few other cars ever made.
With proper driving (not crazy shifting accelerating) and not even hypermiling, it will do 30-32MPG. That's what can happen in a 1,950 pound car.
By all accounts, that is 'super fuel efficient'. Even if I split my time driving that and my daily (22mpg), I'm still in the net 28mpg rang, which is pretty damn good.
BTW, most cars on the road today are faster than unmodified muscle cars of yesteryear. Hell, a Toyota Camry of today is faster than a Ferrari 308GTSi of the early 80s. That's the beauty of the advancement of technology.
