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Old 05-20-2016, 01:57 PM   #7 (permalink)
jamesqf
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There was an episode of Top Gear where they raced a Prius and a BMW around their track for a bit, the BMW was chasing the Prius which the Stig was driving as hard as he could. They compared fuel economy numbers at the end of the race, and the BMW M-Series got twice the fuel economy as the Prius...
Easily explained: they lied. It's TV, so if they don't get the results they want, they fake it, as with the exploding gas tanks: NBC Admits It Rigged Crash, Settles GM Suit - latimes And since "Top Gear" is all about performance cars, they're pretty well known for lying about anything that has to do with fuel economy or non-IC engined cars.
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