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Originally Posted by Arragonis
And then they both get beaten by the Diesel anyway. Go compare in the Toyota link I posted above.
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This one?
Toyota - Auris specifications Strange, but when I do it, I get (combined/urban/extra urban)
1.33L petrol - 5.9/7.2/5.1
1.8L hybrid - 4.0/4.0/4.0
1.4L Diesel - 4.5/5.4/3.9
It looks like the diesel is a little bit better on the highway than the hybrid. But wait! We're not accounting for the fact that diesel has a higher energy content per gallon, are we? Taking the numbers off the Wikipedia page (and those are the lowest I saw), the ratio's 1.12:1. Adjust the figures, and we get 5.02/6.02/4.35, which makes the hybrid the energy efficiency champ.
But the real question is what you'd get if you took the petrol hybrid, and swapped in the diesel engine. I'd bet you'd see about the same improvement factor as between the petrol and hybrid, which is what I've been saying all along.