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Old 01-08-2013, 09:10 AM   #31 (permalink)
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I agree with mechman, its starting to grow on me. I really don't think it looks that bad and I certainly wouldn't mind driving a car that looks like that.

As for the manual trans, it would be nice. But, in the US automatics are king so I wouldn't be surprised to see CVT only here.

On the MPG side, it is certainly shaping up to be a wonderful car. .27 Cd from a hatch is pretty darn good, its better than the Prius C's .28 Cd. Also, all the foreign test cycles I've seen so far put it at 20-30% better fuel economy than the Spark which would put it around 40 mpg COMBINED per EPA. That is pretty impressive. Its also light! 1900 lbs today is a feather compared to everything else out there.

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