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Old 08-17-2011, 07:44 PM   #14 (permalink)
superchow
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Hamster - '07 Honda Civic EX
90 day: 29.41 mpg (US)

Whooshy Wagon - '04 Volvo V40
90 day: 23.33 mpg (US)

Minotaur - '09 Ford Taurus X SEL
90 day: 19.05 mpg (US)
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Why does the "face" of the new Malibu remind me of a transformer... ? Anyway: what manufacturers forget to mention is the frontal area? SUVs now can have drag coefficients in the sub-0.30 range if I'm not mistaken. Everything helps, but as mentioned above, .29 is not THAT great.
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