Original EPA figures?

[229MonteHO]

Does anybody know what the original EPA mileage figures are for their vehicles? I'm curious as the post-'85 cars are listed on the EPA website, however older cars are not listed. Closest thing I could find to mine was a 1981 Pontiac GP with a 265, which was rated at 19/27 but I couldn't find the combined or average mileage figure. Anybody have any insight on this?

Cheers,
Aaron

 

[78MC-BBC]

take a look at the web link below

http://www.epa.gov/otaq/fereport.htm

they have alot of cars on there and according to the epa figures
my 78 monte when knew got 17 city and 25 highway

 

[srercrcr]

What program opens it? It's a .rpt file.

 

[srercrcr]

Your 81 shows a combined city/hwy rating of 19 on fueleconomy.gov site at the bottom

 

[mhamilton]

From the EPA guide for 1980 models, you had:

229 V6 auto 19/26 mpg
267 V8 auto 17/24 mpg
305 V8 auto 17/25 mpg (that's Camaro, not A body)

1980 was the last year for non-computer controls, so 1981 you saw maybe 1-2 mpg increase on highway mileage. I know the 229 went up to 28 mpg hwy.

But also remember, those highway figures are from the 55 mph speed limit era. Best I've seen with my Malibu 229 on a long trip (avg 75 mph) was 24 mpg. Of course at those speeds, aerodynamics becomes a significant factor.

 

[78MC-BBC]

you can open those files in Microsoft Notepad.

i remember back when the 78 was bone stock, my family was getting around 19 city and around 25-27 highway doing 75-80 mph.

when new it came with those terriable 2.29 rear gears. the thing had one hell of a top speed though!!!
i got caught in highschool doing 165mph on the highway

 

[yourownself]

back when my monte was stock, i drove it down rt 66 from chicago to LA, and averaged 25+ for the first half, and about 18 for the second.

 

[87LS/88SS]

you can open those files in Microsoft Notepad.

i remember back when the 78 was bone stock, my family was getting around 19 city and around 25-27 highway doing 75-80 mph.

when new it came with those terriable 2.29 rear gears. the thing had one hell of a top speed though!!!
i got caught in highschool doing 165mph on the highway

165? I had my 84 SS up to about 127MPH and it started to float. At the time it had lowering coils and bilstein shocks all the way around.