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Old 11-29-2005, 11:31 AM
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Default Re: New Toyota Belta - 990 kg, 51 mpg (US)

It looks like a good hybrid alternative for someone who supports resource conservation, but doesn't have $25k to spend on a car.

Of course, Big Oil will probably lobby the government to only allow a crippled version of the car (ie. engineering the exhaust system so that the car only gets 33 MPG.) the reason why I point out this possibility is that the Japanese versions of the Prius and Insight get a hell of a lot more gas mileage than their American counterparts.

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