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Old 07-27-2012, 10:45 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Blackfly - '98 Geo Metro
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Last 3: 70.09 mpg (US)

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90 day: 52.71 mpg (US)

Even Fancier Metro - '14 Mitsubishi Mirage top spec
90 day: 70.75 mpg (US)

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90 day: 52.48 mpg (US)
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47.5 is pretty great for a car rated:

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27 - City
30 - Combined
36 - Highway
EPA: Fuel Economy of the 2012 Nissan Versa

I was going to ask how you were getting the MPG figures as well. Hopefully it's not "too good to be true" because of an optimistic MPG display.

If it is true, I'm happy to see that great fuel economy is one of the happy side-effects of buying this economy car! That used to be the rule, but with many automakers now marketing MPG as a "feature" of more expensive cars (or higher trim levels), they now have an incentive to keep their cheapest cars from getting the best fuel economy in their lineups.
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