I just finished reading all the entries for this topic and have a comment of my own to add. It's been mentioned that an older Civic / Escort / Whatever could knock down 40 mpg, so what's so special about the numbers on the new CR-Z. I'm not thrilled with the numbers either, but have to occasionally remind myself that the EPA has revised their testing procedures and reduced their mpg rating more than once. Where in the beginning of EPA mileage figures it was really tough to meet the EPA standard in the real world, it now is not that hard. Well, at least for most of us it isn't.
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