Assuming this is true, it seems like some sort of physical threshold due to the limitations of physics in the trade-off between transportation power requirements and safety concerns rather than some evil plot of the auto manufacturers.
They’d sell a lot more cars if they could offer SUVs with mini-car mileage.
But the left doesn’t respect science anywhere near what they say they do, do they?
It's probably true. However, it's not an apples to apples comparison. I don't know exactly what a Model T weighs but a modern car of similar weight with a modern small four cylinder engine probably gets considerably better gas mileage. I guess I could do a Google and get the facts but it's too much work to just quantify the obvious.