o God!
When people ever understand how things work?
Do you know what was the weight of 89 lancer? Do you know what was the fuel consumption of 89 lancer? Can you compare the comfort of Civic and 89 Lancer? Does 89 lancer has EBD/ABS?
Recent generation of cars 'tend' to be light weight. They are using light weight metals to reduce the weight, while not compromising safety. Just try streeing 89 lancer at 90 kmph...
Point I wanna make, stop comparing apples and oranges!