The 1908 Ford Model T averaged about 15 m.p.g. It may have achieved 21 m.p.g. under ideal circumstances.

That does not make it more fuel efficient than a modern SUV, as The Feckless Barack Obama claimed this week.

“The 1908 Model T — think about this — the 1908 Model T earned better gas mileage than the typical SUV in 2008,” Obama told the crowd. “Think about that — a hundred years later and we’re getting less gas mileage, not better, on SUVs.”

Yeah… not so much. According to The Detroit Free Press, when you factor in the vast weight difference and use the government’s own efficiency formula, today’s SUV is about 5-times more efficient than the Model T.

Via Hot Air.