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Originally Posted by 2000mc
Echo seems like the most direct comparision I can think of
2001 echo MT 29/32/37
2001 prius 42/41/41
Also illustrates where the gains are to be made, smaller gains on the highway, bigger gains stop and go.
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But, as Echofrancis and others have shown, the Echo has greater hypermiling potential, since it's offered in a manual trans and isn't as optimized for economy out of the box as the Prius.
If the Echo was optimized for fuel economy as much as the Prius it would likely outperform the Prius and people would have much less reason the spend the extra on the Hybrid system.