580 miles in the Prius means 52 mpg (11 gallon tank). Mileage improves in inner city use as the electric motor gets more of the load, and in traffic there are virtually zero emissions ... the gas motor only fires up to charge the battery if it gets low, it's off when stopped in traffic.
Good diesels are very efficient too, although they're harder to clean up emissions-wise. It's a shame that they do so poorly in the US market ... there are a ton of superb diesel powered cars in the UK and Europe. I've rented them when traveling and found the performance and economy superb. G On Jul 26, 2006, at 7:24 AM, graywolf wrote: > Hell, my 86 Escort would get up to 700 miles on a 13gal tank full. Of > course it was a diesel. Ford claimed 38mpg but I consistently got 45 > combined, and 50-55 on the highway. Now if my S-10 would only do so > well > (15 town/25 highway). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
