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Originally Posted by bwilson4web
Sure enough, this is what some of the diesel advocates do, claim highway mileage as if urban driving is unimportant . . . like "If I buy a 70mpg Lupo . . ." whose combined mileage is quite a bit less:
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That is true. Vice-versa, hybrid advocates often brag about the Urban mileage ("the prius gets 60mpg!"), as if they think everyone lives in downtown New York or L.A.
My insight hasn't even set foot inside a city. Not once.
It's urban mileage is irrelevant for this driver.
There needs to be a balance when presenting information, because some stats simply do not apply to all people. BTW, 70mpg is the Lupo's
combined MPG. When it was still available, it was listed as 88mpg highway (higher than any other car) and 62mpg city (about the same as an insight) on the official volkswagen.de website.
Wrong Car. The Lupo 3L/70mpg car has a 1.2 liter engine, not 1.4.