I'm doing a project in my business class and we have to figure out the cost of a car. I found a really nicely kept 1970 Chevy Impala with a 350 v8 automatic. However, we need to find out the cost of gas per month and to figure out the approximate cost of gas, I need to figure out the gas mileage on the Impala, but I can't find it. Any help?|||I would say around 15 mpg|||These cars when driven normally would achieve about 12 to 14 mpg when new. Are you trying to determine what it costs in 2009 dollars or 1970 dollars? If 1970 these cars ran on leaded regular gas that sold for around 29 to 30 cents per gallon. I believe IRS allowed a mileage credit of 22 cents per mile.
IF this project is in today's dollars then of course the cost is much different.
Car will still get about the same millage if properly tuned. Fuel costs should be about 2.25/gal. IRS today allows 57cents per mile credit.
Fuel tanks on the 1970 Impala were 20 Gals.
20 gals of fuel @14miles per gal=280 Miles per tank of gas times .22 cents per mile operating cost =$61.20 cents operating cost in 1970 dollars
For 2010--Now its up to you to determine 2009 costs as well as HOW much Gas per month you would use.
Hope this helps.|||im estimating the car might get 17/18 mpg. cars from the 70s didnt care about gas milage|||12 in town 16 hyway...if you drive easy...i had a 69 350 auto [pg] i never got over 16.7 [only hit that once]
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