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Originally Posted by TrevorHeath
Let us also not forget the vastly superior route planning (within the rules stated) of the second attempt also.
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Too bad they did not follow
all stated rules. Their record might not count.
I believe the TDI record was more a publicity stunt than the ultimate attempt to beat the previous record. VW had a new car to sell that could beat the previous record at a time when fuel economy was important to the masses.
A record just mean that it's been set, not that there's nothing out there that can beat it. The previous record was 51 mpg with a crx some years back. There have been the Insight since then that could have set the bar incredibly high, yet no one went for the record with this car.