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RedDevil · 10-28-2013, 06:51 PM

If you google '86 mpg' you get lots of references to the Fit - and this:
http://www.examiner.com/article/ford...tic-technology

(from this angle it looks surprisingly similar to my wife's Hyundai I10, which gets 26 mpg btw, but that is another story)

Yes, A Fiesta, built in Cologne, Germany.
Not a hybrid. And it does not run on gas, nor on eau-de-Cologne but on Diesel. Econetic engine again of course.
But it is red, a big plus.

I did look at the Fiesta when I was looking to replace my Nissan btw, but at the time they had no winner like that and the consumer reports were a bit unnerving. Test drove a couple of noisy sapless ecodiesels of other brands (like the Seat Ibiza ST) and then a Fit and an Insight, those won me over. The CVT may have its faults, in my hometown (speedbump city) and on hairpin riddled mountain roads, as I discovered to my surprise, it is king. I may even not like the double clutch gearbox... damn, do I need to check it out!

10-28-2013, 06:51 PM	#22 (permalink)
RedDevil Master EcoWalker Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Nieuwegein, the Netherlands Posts: 3,999 Red Devil - '11 Honda Insight Elegance Team Honda 90 day: 53.96 mpg (US) Thanks: 1,714 Thanked 2,247 Times in 1,455 Posts	If you google '86 mpg' you get lots of references to the Fit - and this: http://www.examiner.com/article/ford...tic-technology (from this angle it looks surprisingly similar to my wife's Hyundai I10, which gets 26 mpg btw, but that is another story) Yes, A Fiesta, built in Cologne, Germany. Not a hybrid. And it does not run on gas, nor on eau-de-Cologne but on Diesel. Econetic engine again of course. But it is red, a big plus. I did look at the Fiesta when I was looking to replace my Nissan btw, but at the time they had no winner like that and the consumer reports were a bit unnerving. Test drove a couple of noisy sapless ecodiesels of other brands (like the Seat Ibiza ST) and then a Fit and an Insight, those won me over. The CVT may have its faults, in my hometown (speedbump city) and on hairpin riddled mountain roads, as I discovered to my surprise, it is king. I may even not like the double clutch gearbox... damn, do I need to check it out! __________________ 2011 Honda Insight + HID, LEDs, tiny PV panel, extra brake pad return springs, neutral wheel alignment, 44/42 PSI (air), PHEV light (inop), tightened wheel nut. lifetime FE over 0.2 Gigameter or 0.13 Megamile. For confirmation go to people just like you. For education go to people unlike yourself. Last edited by RedDevil; 10-28-2013 at 06:57 PM..