Once you get the basic efficiency up to a certain level it takes X amount of fuel to move X amount of vehicle down the road whether old or new.
The day-to-day reliability of the new stuff is better, i.e. no manual choke, starts easy in winter, ease of operation, etc. But the _ultimate_ reliability of the old stuff is better because it will run even if things are not quite right and roadside repairs are quite do-able.
I put about 200k on one of my old Camaros driving back and forth to work at DFW, 106 miles one way. I always made it to work and always made it home. Used a 400 for a while and then tested a 292 and then a 350. The 292 actually got really good mileage.
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