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Why mileage seems so low these days

Created January 12, 2006, at 4:00 pm by Anonymous

First let me say I love my prius.

Now let me ask why my 1993 Honda Civic SI which had about 135 HP was able to get MPGs of 36 to 41 but my new prius only gets about 48 to 52. I would imagine the prius could do much better then my old gas only car? Is it me or has the avg MPG of many cars gone way down over the last 10 years or so. We had a 2004 accord before getting the prius it average about 25MPG! Did emission rules change so bad that we hurt our overall MPGs or is everyone just power crazy so all our cars have to go fast?

Anonymous

6 years ago

Your average MPG if around 48 is about average of 1300 prius according greenhybrid.com

http://www.greenhybrid.com/compare/mileage/toyota-priushsd.html

If your mileage is around 52 MPG there are probably a lot of prius owners envious of your mileage.

Anonymous

6 years ago

Scott,
I had the same question with my '84 Jetta, gas, 5-sp, which got 40-44 every day, all day....

I cannot figure out why the gains aren't higher.

Check out Mike's Polo at the bottom of the "'strategy" Discussion. He gets 60+ from a VW Polo with a 1.4tdi. Without being a hybrid.

The way I figure it, we should be getting 35mpg from Surburbans with a Hybrid drivetrain.

Anonymous

6 years ago

GW,
The Polo weighs considerably less, and is about 2/3 smaller than even a Civic.
The HCH has a combined trunk/cabin volume of 101.3cu ft of space.
Polo (converted) has 36.3cu ft maximum.
http://www.whatcar.com/car-review-performance.aspx?ED=45990&U=0
http://automobiles.honda.com/models/specifications_full_specs.asp?ModelName=Civic+Hybrid&Category=ALL
http://www.automotive.com/2005/12/toyota/prius/specifications/

The size and weight of the vehicles should answer your MPG question.

Along with a drastically smaller car is less safety:
http://www.euroncap.com/content/safety_ratings/details.php?id1=1&id2=71

Anonymous

6 years ago

your friend VW is a diesel car. diesel get higher mpg than gas. that how he can get the mpg without his car beening a hybrid.

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