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Old 07-11-2011, 04:25 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by tjts1 View Post
Don't be fooled. The fuel economy tests for urban/extra urban in europe overstate the EPA test by a wide margin. For example a Prius is rated at 3.9L/100km combined in Europe or 60 US mpg. The EPA says the exact same car gets 50mpg or 17% less.
That's what makes it so much harder to gain hypermiler status (20% over) in a European car that doesn't have an EPA rating
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