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Old 03-19-2012, 10:00 PM   #30 (permalink)
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Just a random thought today. I wonder which vehicles can get the best fuel economy numbers at steady state higher speeds, like 70-100mph? I remember reading about aerocivic's car getting ridiculously great mpg figures at high speeds, but what about the avg commuter cars?

What about VW TDIs? I would suspect they would perform well. My old 1993 burner certainly would not, it revs at 2800rpm at 60mph and only gets about 32mpg at that steady state speed...
Here is an interesting chart I like to use :

Green Car Congress: Fuel Consumption at Higher Speeds



All of them go down, but for some reason, in this test, the Mercedes C180K had a much gentler slope. On the other hand, it also starts near the bottom of the pack. I was thinking this was the aero-benz, but 2006 is not the right year.

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