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Old 07-26-2013, 06:09 AM   #68 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by freebeard View Post
I maintain, and I'm waiting for someone to prove me wrong, that a 36hp VW engine and transaxle swapped into a Prius body, replacing the drivetrain and batteries completely, would get 45mpg.
Suddently you made me want to get an old Volkswagen with a rusted body to be replaced with a fiberglass Prius replica

But considering a VW driveline into a regular Prius body without any electrical auxiliary power, I'd have my doubts about this setup in city traffic, but might be not so difficult to achieve 38MPG on highway.
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