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My old first choice was the Lowly Classic VW Bugs: Fair MPG, simple drive train, low cost parts, so simple many people can do repairs themselves.
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I share your original choice. I left flathead Fords for VW for the economy. For decades.
But I drank the Ecomoddder Kool-aid and bought a mechanic's loaner XFi (before his passing). I can get VW parts deliverd for cash in the lane in front of my place. But now I don't even know a mechanic
The Original 36HP Beetle could get 40 MPG. My personal best in a 1971 1600 is 34MPG My thinking is that a FWD boxer four in a Prius body shell could equal [or exceed] the Prius's 45MPG.
But I get that with an un-Ecomodded Metro.
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...best MPG and longest lasting and cheapest ...
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Pick any two.