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MetroMPG · 06-16-2008, 02:48 PM

I think a much more useful fuel economy metric for comparing cars would be a simple "speed vs. mpg" graph in top gear in consistent atmospheric conditions (ie. on a lab dyno) with aero losses calculated and factored in.

It would reveal much more "pure" data than the existing simulations of city vs. highway driving.

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