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Old 11-28-2007, 02:39 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Blackfly - '98 Geo Metro
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Last 3: 70.09 mpg (US)

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90 day: 52.71 mpg (US)

Even Fancier Metro - '14 Mitsubishi Mirage top spec
90 day: 70.75 mpg (US)

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to estimates from Honda Corporation, about 5% of '92 Civic sales were VXs (Pollack
1992).
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Despite its perennial mileage championship, the XFi made up less than 10% of Metro sales, and the Metro team decided that the sacrifices made in comfort to achieve the higher mileage numbers weren't worth the candle. Also, economy numbers are now so good for all Metros that GM'll let the Honda Civic VX wear the mileage crown - source
Interesting, just as a comparison of VX's sold vs. XFi's as a proportion of their respective "regular" models. "Less than 10%" suggests to me somewhere between 5 and 10%. Too bad it's not specific.
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