You’ve heard the story about teaching a pig to sing? It wastes your time and annoys the pig. So said Mark Twain, at any rate. But how do you deal with cars that are pigs? Which is all new cars. Even hybrid cars.  The 2018 Kia Niro plug-in hybrid I just finished reviewing (here) averaged just over 42 MPG  . . . right there with a 1984 Chrysler K-car. Which didn’t need an electric motor and batteries to achieve 40-plus MPG. (The K-car also cost about half what the Niro costs, in inflation-adjusted dollars – but that’s another rant.) The 2019 Subaru Ascent … Continue reading Why Do Economy Cars Get Such Bad Gas Mileage?