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Originally Posted by Allch Chcar
CAFE? Really, when we're all driving aluminium boxes with 1.0Liter engines it will be loads of fun. 35MPG is going to mean they either stop selling Automatics completely, because that's all people want or we get 1.0Liter Engines. Yay for Nanny states./sarcasm
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Hardly. The CAFE ratings are vastly different than what we see on the window stickers. My civic rates 41 mpg for CAFE (vs 31 window sticker), already smashing the 35 mpg standard.
There are 99 current 2010 models that meet 35 mpg.
http://www.cleanmpg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=30706
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Aside from the official mileage ratings...
A quick scan of our mileage logs here will reveal that manuals are better for mileage. Even ones crippled with poor gear ratios can get better mileage in the hands of skilled drivers.
The top 17 Civics are all manuals.
21 of the top 25 Hondas are manuals. The other 4 are hybrids.