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Originally Posted by redpoint5
Where's your source of info for internal volume? When I search for such info, all I get is "cargo volume", which I find somewhat meaningless because one can move things around in a car of x total volume.
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FuelEconomy.gov - on the "Specs" tab. Passenger and cargo volume are listed for passenger cars - but only cars. Light trucks are classified by GVWR and most manufacturers do not bother to send EPA info that is not legally required.
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Originally Posted by Isaac
But you did miss the Geo Metro XFI that gets 43 city and 52 highway and 47mpg combined under the new EPA numbers (original was 58mpg highway).
Also, the Metro apparently went up in price in 1995. In 1994 a base model was $7,295, or $15,275 today.
However, the XFI that got 52 mpg highway cost $8,395 in 1994, or $17,579 today.
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I'm not a connoisseur of Metros so I didn't know the XFI was first generation only and ended production in 1994. Seems it is even smaller than the 2nd gen Metro Hatch. (11% smaller)
I do know that a car that small would not sell today. Both Toyota and Mercedes tried selling small commuter cars in the 2010's with the Smart ForTwo and Scion iQ. Neither sold - both averaged well below 10,000 a year. (Europe bought 10x as many) The Smart ForTwo was even one of the cheapest car sold in 2008 at less than $12,000.