shakran

I think what he's saying is that engines are universally more efficient. While it used to take 10 cylinders and a 5, 6 , or even 7 liter engine to make 40 hp we can now make 240+ with a 2 liter 4 cylinder. But instead of applying those advances to making efficient cars, we've just taken the increased power we can make and put 'em in the same old bigassed engines so that we have even MORE absurdly powerful vehicles. The average person does NOT need a 5.7 liter hemi to move his Cherokee.