Ford Fiesta 1.0 gave me 70mpg on a highway testdrive. It quickly dropped after I hit some redlights & the turbo was spooling up (for acceleration). That's where a battery would have helped save fuel.
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Originally Posted by Hersbird
At lower speeds yes, and pulse and glide, yes, and for short times after a full charge, yes, but driving all day down an open interstate?
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my Civic hybrid only has a 1.3 liter engine, so it will do better than the nonhybrid civic with 1.7 or 2.0 engine. (I get 80 MPG at 45 miles/hour. highway.)
If I could get a nonhybrid civic with the teeny-tiny engine I would, but Honda doesnt offer it. Of course it would be very sluggish (almost no torque below 2000 rpm). That's another benefit of hybridization..... it makes a tiny 1.3 engine feel like a 2.0.
