Ecomodding Defined

I mentioned Ecomodding to my little brother who was surprised to hear that you could get such efficiency out of vehicle body modifications. Here's a classic example of ecomodding. It's hideous, of course, but it proves the simple point that relatively simple changes can result in extremely good savings. Thus there is hope for even the humble gasoline engine.

To go along with this article here's some basic math on the cost impact of such efficiency.
My honda civic gets 30-38 mpg and I'm a wasteful aggressive driver. At $4.0x per gallon it costs about $50 to fill the tank up. This ugly car is double the efficiency thus a fill up would be half that (since this ugly ecomod gets ~70 mpg) that's effectively $25 to fill the tank.

So the simple point is companies will make concepts like this sexy, and people will relish the new designs. :o)