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EPA: Honda, Toyota fuel economy leaders

Discussion in 'Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News' started by boulder_bum, Sep 27, 2007.

  1. boulder_bum

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    Full article => http://money.cnn.com/2007/09/27/autos/fuel_econ.ap/

    None of this surprises me except that GM is only 3.4 MPG worse than Toyota on average. Anyone want to speculate on what is dragging Toyota's average down since the Prius gets 46.2 MPG and Toyota's best-selling vehicle, the Camry, gets 25 MPG combined with the new EPA rating system?
     
    #1 boulder_bum, Sep 27, 2007
  2. Tideland Prius

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Boulder Bum @ Sep 27 2007, 03:04 PM) [snapback]518702[/snapback]</div>
    Land Cruiser, Sequoia, Tundra, 4Runner V8, 4Runner V6, Tacoma, FJ Cruiser. Those get city ratings above 13L/100km [under 18mpg] (in Canada... except the LC which we don't get). That's appalling. The new Highlander manages 12.3L/100km in the city even with the new 3.5 litre V6! To keep it in perspective, that same engine, tuned to 304hp in the IS350 only does 11ish L/100km. In the IS250 (same engine but shrunk to 2.5 litres) with 204hp, it's 9.8L/100km, LESS than our 02 Camry with the 2.4 litre 4 cylinder

    Shows you how heavy the new Highlander is :blink:
     
    #2 Tideland Prius, Sep 27, 2007
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    Even though Honda and Toyota lead the "pack" so to speak, it's very disappointing to see the general lack of progress overall. How high will the price of gas have to go before we can even match the overall fleet efficiency achieved twenty years ago?
     
    #3 kram, Sep 28, 2007
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