DeserTBoB wrote:

> On Mon, 11 Sep 2006 06:12:41 -0400, Bill Putney >
> wrote:
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>>Bill Putney wrote:
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>>>The '99-'04 M body cars would do better than that. I know my Concorde
>>>would. It gets 26-28 on its daily 80 mile commute, 31-32 on non-stop
>>>highway.
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>>In too much of a hurry. I meant '98 -'04 LH bodies (300M '98-'04). <snip>
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> True. Dad-in-law's '00 LH would get a reliable 30-32 on the highway,
> but remember...this is a lighter, FWD car with a V6 and fuel
> injection!

Actually, an LH car weighs about the same as an M-body. Maybe more,
mabye less- depending on trim level.
There are a few things about current (and within the last 10 years) cars
that people forget:
1) Interior plastic is actually a lot heavier than you'd think
2) Mandatory safety equipment is *heavy*
3) Optional equipment weight (8-way seats, ABS, etc.) adds up fast.

The M-body was always a lightweight car- after all the F/M/J body was
designed as an even lighter and more efficient replacement for the
A-body family of cars (Dart/Valiant/Duster/Demon), and that was
Chrysler's SMALL car chassis. The M became a "large" car only by default
when everything else shrank. And it was still smaller than contemporary
Ford and GM "full-size" cars like the Crown Vic, DeVille, Olds 88, etc.