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Old 05-08-2012, 10:56 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by MetroMPG View Post
Looks to me like some other differences...

6) different front bumper / air dam
7) hybrid specific wheels
8) tire width?
It looks to me like the bumper/air dam is the same:

Hybrid:



Non-hybrid:



The wheels are 14" alloys specific to the hybrid, but they are the same size (and used the same tire size) as the 14" steel wheels on DXs and LXs. That seems a lot more believable that they got it down to .28 with those changes if it started at .32 rather than .36.
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