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Originally Posted by hayden55
new commute being mostly highway with very little city driving I think I'm going to pawn the prius off and get a 90-97 Corolla or 92-00 Civic. (I am averaging about 42-47mpg now)
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If your commute is mostly highway and you want an efficient ICE vehicle for that, why are you looking at 90s gasoiline powered cars instead of diesels?
In this particular use case something like a Passat B5 1.9 TDi would be ideal as it is highly efficient for highway driving due to its aerodynamic shape and very economical 1,9L TDi engine.
If you're willing to go smaller, consider something like the Lupo 1.2 TDi or 1.4 TDi.
Beating 50 mpg is pretty easy with all of them and they are pretty reliable.
The Passat should get you into the 60 mpg+ range, the Lupo in the 70 mpg+ range.