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Old 02-04-2010, 05:43 PM   #1 (permalink)
orange4boy
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The Golden Egg - '93 Toyota Previa DX
90 day: 31.91 mpg (US)

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Automaker's history of fighting better fuel economy

A little dated but shows how wrong the automakers always are.

Life in the Slow Lane: Tracking Decades of Automaker Roadblocks to Fuel Economy | Union of Concerned Scientists

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