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![]() Roger (K8RI) wrote: My wife has a Prius which is a bit over a year old. I remember the sticker EPA estimate was 50 mpg in town. I don't remember what it was for highway but it was something like 5 % or so less. I was just at the Toyota dealer this week driving a Camry hybrid. No way I get a Prius for a number of reasons. Real world driving in the Camry gets you about 36-40 MPG in the city. For highway driving you need to specify at what speed to make your comparison with other cars. At 80, which is a very typical speed here, you get 35 MPG, no wind. The wind plays a big factor, just like with my full size van and pickup. With a 20 knot tailwind at 80 MPH I was seeing 40-45 MPG. Into that wind I was seeing 30 MPG. Very impressive car. Fully loaded it is $30K. If in your city traffic causes you to drive at 20 MPH or less then you have an all electric car because you can do that without the gas motor starting. |
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