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Originally Posted by basjoos
This shows the potential mileage that the manufacturers of all of those high cruising RPM MT cars are leaving on the table that could be attained via an inexpensive gear ratio change. Those 40mpg MT Fits and Yarisis could easily be 50mpg cars running in Prius and Civic hybrid mpg territory if they were geared properly for highway cruising and their engines would also last longer.
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How profitable for honda and toyota are their hybrids compared to a bottom of the barrel fit/yaris?
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