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Old 06-03-2008, 11:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Bryan View Post
They don't really get that good of mileage. The EPA is revising their standards with regards to what mfrs are allowed to claim, as many of them were claiming mileage way over what anyone could realistically expect to see.

New ratings (from the Wired article I linked to earlier in this thread):



It's still good, but not as impressive as what we've been led to believe.

The Hybrid Hoax
And this is precisely why a diesel makes more sense these days. Why they haven't started making diesel hybrid's is beyond me.
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