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Old 06-25-2015, 02:42 PM   #67 (permalink)
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90 day: 54.46 mpg (US)

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It may well be. I had typed it in, then removed it because I wasn't sure.

Oddly, the Spark sells decently well in the U.S., but hardly at all in Canada. (Could it be fleet sales in the States?) Normally we snap up small hatches at a much greater per capita rate than our southern neighbours. The Spark is a glaring exception to that rule.

2015 year-to-date Canadian sales:

4968 - Micra
1607 - Mirage
633 - Spark

One explanation: while Mitsu instantly matched the Micra's $9998 price on the base Mirage, GM hasn't budged. The Spark starts at around $12.5k.
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