http://blogs.cars.com/kickingtires/2...as-mileag.html
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. . .CNW Marketing Research, a company that studies why people buy the cars they do, found that those who purchase new full-size SUVs actually get nearly 2 mpg more in the new car than they did in their old one (19.9 mpg vs. 18 mpg).
At $3 a gallon, that's not only a savings of $186 in gas over a year's driving, it's a savings of more than 60 gallons of fuel.
Since the trade-ins were, on average, 6.5 years old, that's another low-mileage, high-emission-belching relic off the road.
Those who bought a new midsize SUV are now getting an average of 21.7 mpg, up from 19.9 mpg on their 6.4-year-old trade-in. Savings there is $136 a year and about 44 gallons of gas.
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Hummmm, 6.5 years ago would be . . . 2001 or about the same time that Honda brought the Insight and Toyota brought the Prius to our shores.
So let's see, we'll take the Insight:
2001 Insight: 64 MPG @ 15k miles/yr * 6.5 years -> 1,524 gallons
2001 SUV: 18 MPG @ 15k miles/yr * 6.5 years -> 5,417 gallons
3,892 gallons * $3 -> $11,946 dollars
Sure the math is wrong but then we are dealing with CNW Marketing whose concept of reality is:
"No matter the problem, buy a big SUV!"
Good thing Exxon is no longer funding hybrid misinformation . . .
Bob Wilson
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