Re: 2005 MT Civic Hybrid vs current Prius
The sample size of the MT is pretty small, so the more hypermilers in that group, the bigger the skew is, as compared to a group with a larger sample size it makes less of a difference because there's more "normal" drivers pulling the numbers down. Also MTs are harder (imho) to waste gas with, such as if you punch it in 5th gear, you don't get revs, the car just slowly accelerates, whereas in a CVT or auto you drop gears (or change ratio) and boom, there goes your fuel economy.
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