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Originally Posted by Archslater
Keep in mind that auto reviewers tend to not use hyper miler techniques found on this website, quite the opposite. They tend to drive them very hard. I would expect the actual FE to be closer to the EPA than the 19. Seems to me that the new Rav 4 grew too large and now has too much overlap with the Highlander.
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we're talking about the rav4 right? i doubt any significant % of these owners would be using hypermileage techniques. even among hybrid owners i would suspect the heavy majority drive them the same as they normally would a gas only car.
in the real world i would expect FE to be closer to edmunds or CR than to EPA estimates. the rav4 still weights ~3700 lbs with an engine tuned for performance (15.2 @ 91 is impressive!) so 19 mpg is probably about right.