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Tonight on Motorweek

Discussion in 'Other Cars' started by acdii, Dec 14, 2009.

  1. acdii

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    Should be Interesting, they are doing an energy smart road test of all the major hybrids, Toyota Prius, Honda and Ford Fusion(why the Camry isnt there?), and the VW, & Audi TDI, and the SMart forto.

    I wonder hod badly they will fudge up the numbers, by now they should have at least one or two people on staff that know how to drive a hybrid efficiently. If not they should hire some of us that do.
     
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    Do you know the time and possibly cable channel?
     
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    Top Gear on BBCA is usually abridged.
     
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    Here is the link to the video.

    http://video.pbs.org/video/1275623167/

    The results are:

    Prius 49.2 mpg
    Insight 40.5 mpg
    Fusion Hybrid 32.9 mpg
    VW TDI 36.2 mpg
    Audi A3 TDI 38.2 mpg
    Smart 42 35.2 mpg
     
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    They suck at driving the Fusion. I find it hard to believe it gets worse than the Camry Hybrid. Heck I got 35 on a nearly dead battery test driving one. I always did between 35 and 40 MPG in the Camry. I'll be there are a lot of people here who will say the same thing about the Prius. Heck I averaged 52 MPG in a Gen II during the summer, and drove it a lot harder than they did.
     
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    FWIW, from the table at Most fuel-efficient cars, CR pegged the FFH as having the same overall mileage as the HyCam.
     
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    Speed Channel also airs Motorweek. I get it in high def :) unlike my local PBS affiliate.
     
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    Like I said, they didn't drive it right. I got good consistent 38 MPG in the TCH, they should at least have gotten near that, not the measly 32.9. The thing is, I didn't hyper mile it a lot, yet still got good MPG. I saw 31 MPG on the highway, with a big 3.5L V6 in the Fusion Sport, so I dont see how they got such low mileage in the Hybrid.
     
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