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Real Name: Jason Siegel
Location: Houston, TX
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Honda Motorwerks Invites Consumer Reports to Put Hybrids to the Test
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October 10, 2005
For more information:
Chris Schneider of Honda Motorwerks
608-784-6433
or Mark Metzler of Vision Design
507-453-0767
For Immediate Release
Honda Motorwerks Invites Consumer Reports to Put Hybrids to the Test
LA CROSSE, Wis. -- Honda Motorwerks' Hybrid Drivers' Clinic and Challenge is looking for a special guest at 6 p.m. Monday October 24 in Consumer Reports' David Champion.
Champion, the senior director of the Auto Test Department at Consumer Reports, was in charge of testing that showed hybrid vehicles failing to meet EPA mileage claims. The report came out in April and showed a 2003 Honda Civic at 26 mpg in the city and 45 mpg on the highway -- 36 mpg overall, not the 48 mpg in the city and 47 mpg on the highway as the EPA claimed.
Chris Schneider, president of Honda Motorwerks and hybrid expert, believes that the Consumer Reports' numbers are wrong and would like Champion to take part in a test at Honda Motorwerks. Schneider has sent Champion an invitation and has offered to pay for Champion's air fare and accommodations if the numbers show like those reported in Consumer Reports during the Hybrid Drivers' Clinic and Challenge.
"We'll let him drive a car if he'd like," Schneider said, "I don't think you can drive a Civic Hybrid badly enough to get the numbers they reported."
During the Clinic portion of the event, Schneider will show Hybrid owners and prospective owners how to get the most mileage from their vehicles. After the clinic, Insight, Civic and Accord owners will compete against each other to see who can get the best mileage on a course set by Honda Motorwerks. The winners in each category will then be given Civic Hybrids and be asked to drive the cars poorly to see if they can replicate Champion's findings.
We look forward to you attending. If you have questions, please call Chris Schneider at 608-784-6433.
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