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Originally Posted by Silveredwings
Given that the smart is burdoned with an automagic, you'll be lucky to get 41.
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Definitely a handicap, yup.
Though the (not necessarily accurate) "MPG Estimates from Drivers Like You" portion of fueleconomy.gov shows 9 fortwo owners reporting an average of 37.7 combined, and the car has a 36 mpg combined rating.
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Back to the OP's topic... a 49 hp motor in the Yaris would work fine. It'd have a worse power to weight ratio than the original 40 hp diesel smart fortwo though, which got to 100 km/h in somewhere around 20 seconds.
I could live with that. (But I'm used to sub 20 hp peak power in the 2070 lb ForkenSwift).