I guess 'new' is a relative term!

I'm not considering the 3x00 as new for the purposes of this discussion, but I don't consider them better than the MPFI engines either -LIMG is all I'll say on that.
And I wasn't referring to engines specifically when I was saying that the new cars aren't better, I was more addressing the chassis or 'platform' as we've been discussing them. I fully admit that I cling to the past, and dislike change for its' own sake, but I don't think that there is necessarily anything wrong with that.
As for the new engines though, the old engines have been around long enough to show their weak-points, their flaws. Until the new engines are old, how do you know what is wrong with their designs?
(Not at all directed at you
Woody
As for MPG, I remain unimpressed, it took them
how many decades to finally improve? My '88 Camaro got a steady 26.5 MPG on the highway, regardless of cruising speed, with a TBI 350 with ~300k miles on it (yes, I know Camaros didn't come with TBI 350s

) (now with a heavily ported CFI manifold, I don't know what it gets for MPG, but it is much faster

). That was better than most newer (non-economy) vehicles up until a couple of years ago, and with a 350, c'mon! The Ford Mustang of just a few years ago was rated at 19 or 20 highway MPG with the V-6 and auto trans, 17 in the city, IIRC... We have a 12-year-old car that gets 40+ MPG, no it doesn't weigh 3100 pounds, but it is
12 years old, with 210+k miles! The auto manufacturers have only gotten better with MPG because the government has been mandating improvements. Watch 'Who Killed the Electric Car' from Discovery channel, then tell me that GM is such an environmental proponent. The new Ford Hybrid C-Max is only good for 47 MPG, and it only gets that if you keep it under 63 MPH.
No, the really good stuff is either already here (if you like old cars) or is yet to come (if you want real improvements over old cars). Just my opinion...