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Originally Posted by MikeT
I like the spritmonitor.de site for comparative fuel economy; it's metric and available in English now too. Their database is MASSIVE.
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There are choices, personal preferences and I'm fine with that. But "MASSIVE" is a problem. I checked spritmonitor.de for the number of Toyota Prius with at least 50 km and they have 117 gasoline and 1 LPG compared to GreenHybrid.com:
Toyota Prius I (THS) 2WD eCVT -- 55
Toyota Prius II (HSD) 2WD eCVT -- 719
Then too, the GreenHybrid.com database shows vehicle performance for hybrids driven in the N. American continent, Canadian and US roads and highways. There is a difference in how we drive on this side of the Atlantic. In fact, we already know the Japanese hybrid enthusiasts are getting much better MPG performance on their side of the Pacific because their driving conditions and climate are different.
If size were all that mattered, we'd all be driving Hummers but we also need locally reproducable data. As for style, that is a question of individual taste. Still, I would agree that a multi-lingual GreenHybrid.com with both Spanish and French would make sense for the N. American continent.
Bob Wilson