I'm afraid you are missing the point, on a number of levels.
1. How did the Tourareg perform mpg wise in your hands compared to EPA ? If your Touareg MPG tended to be 20 - 30% less than EPA, odds are the same will be true with your HH.
2. Toyota posts EPA numbers FOR COMPARISON PURPOSES TO OTHER VEHICLES WITH THE DRIVER AND ENVIRONMENT TAKEN OUT OF THE EQUATION. Your specific MPG is more, the same, or less than EPA depending mostly on your driving habits, and to a lesser degree driving conditions. EPA is not an advertisement! In fact, if you look at the sticker, you will see a **range** of MPG's that the EPA believes most drivers will fall into. Which is another way of saying that the vast majority of drivers will not be at the mean.
If you want better MPG, ask yourself how much of the variance is due to your environment, and how much is due to your driving habits. Once you know that, answers will be forthcoming.
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Originally Posted by gbobla
It replaced a V6 Touareg---which is bigger, heavier, more expensive, and burns more gas. What it replaced is really quite irrelevant---a non-hybrid Highlander would burn a lot less gas than a thirsty Touareg. What is relevant is whether the Highlander Hybrid delivers what Toyota says it will---as of now, it doesn't.
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R2-E2, 2G Prius.
Highway/City/Husband/Wife MPG:
56.5, as of 12/2005, 26K miles
Jac Nasser, Ford President: "We are planning to launch a hybrid version of
this car [P2000] within this year [1998]. We will also make FCEV available in
2004."