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redeemed763 · 05-05-2015, 01:17 PM

Ok, what on earth am I missing here? I always thought a Civic Hybrid should be able to do better than it does, but now an accord hybrid comes out as a mid size sedan (what used to be full size a decade ago) and gets 45mpg highway, 50mpg city. Yeah, I know most people get way worse mpg than the EPA estimates, even after the EPA changed their rules a few years back, but these are the same consumer reporting watchdog (idiots) who are going around getting 32mpg's in a prius and 48mpg in the gen1 insight.

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redeemed763 EcoModding Lurker Join Date: May 2015 Location: Rockford, IL Posts: 6 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Accord Hybrid gets 47mpg and Civic Hybrid gets 45mpg? Ok, what on earth am I missing here? I always thought a Civic Hybrid should be able to do better than it does, but now an accord hybrid comes out as a mid size sedan (what used to be full size a decade ago) and gets 45mpg highway, 50mpg city. Yeah, I know most people get way worse mpg than the EPA estimates, even after the EPA changed their rules a few years back, but these are the same consumer reporting watchdog (idiots) who are going around getting 32mpg's in a prius and 48mpg in the gen1 insight.