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Originally Posted by zadscmc
Hybrid and gas savings are not necessarily equal
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I think you hit on exactly what may be the underlying grievance with power hybrids. I think a lot of folks equate hybrid with super efficiency, so when a 20 MPG hybrid comes along we have a tendancy to look down on it (I'll speak for myself anyway, having done plenty of that).
In reality, an hybrid system simply makes whatever it started with a tad more efficient. I suppose one could debate the qualities of whatever we "start with" - be that a 1.3L or 3.0L. There are lots of non-hybrids out there that get better FE than a vast majority of hybrids.