A car than in the right tune can get over 55mpg? (60+ with the City E) and mine gets well over 40-45 even if I am driving in a “spirited” fashion despite the fact I haven’t touched the carb for two years. I can’t think of any car more rewarding to drive with comparable mileage.

There is one where I live - Lions Gate Bridge. Built by the Guinness (yes that Guinness)family in the late 1930's. The gov’t got a vital piece of infrastructure and had job creation in exchange for the Guinness getting a sweet deal on property in then relatively undeveloped West Vancouver(they marketed it as Luxury…