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Originally Posted by xntrx

"The project’s social media-guided specially modified Honda Civic covered more than 2,000 miles and achieved an average of 60 mpg over its five-day venture"
Tire Review - Falken 2,000-Mile Econrun a Success

To quote the article:

What was most satisfying to everyone was that the Ecorun Civic met the projected goal of 60 mpg on the flat highways, and 50-55 mpg on mountainous terrain [...]

That sounds good, but it doesn't sound great. And it neatly avoids mentioning what their total tankful MPGs were.

I'd like to see a comparison of the costs incurred vs. the savings, but I doubt we ever will; the objective was to sell stuff after all. And I guess we'll have to wait for the magazine's followup article to find out if they employed any hypermiling techniques.