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A world record was set by a French team in 2003 called Microjoule with a performance of 10705 mpg-imp (0.026388 L/100 km; 8,914 mpg-US). The current record is 12665 mpg-US (0.018572 L/100 km; 15,210 mpg-imp), set in 2005 by the PAC-Car II. In contrast, the most efficient diesel passenger cars achieve 60 mpg-US (4 L/100 km; 72 mpg-imp), and some high-powered sportscars achieve as little as 8 mpg-US (29 L/100 km; 10 mpg-imp).
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I think that comparing the multi-thousand mpg figures of specialized vehicles and the EPA ratings of street-legal production cars is not fair. Production cars would also get multidigit figures if they their sole purpose was to go 15mph around a race track. On the other hand, the race vehicles wouldn't even know how to sign up for EPA testing.
The Shell Eco-marathon had a nice start, but the article didn't say when the transition from production-based cars to prototypes happened. That's when it stopped having much to do with real life:/
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