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Each university was given a car in 2005, which has been reused and modified for each competition round over the past three years. While no reasons were provided to us why Mississippi State came out on top this year, it appears that the students found the best compromise between the disciplines of drive quality, consumer acceptability, technical presentation, technical progress, on-road safety, acceleration, auto-cross, on-road-emissions and well-to-wheel greenhouse gas emissions. The Mississippi State vehicle claims to achieve a 38% improvement in fuel economy, which would mean that the modified vehicle is rated at about 23/33 mpg (city/hwy). In a previous round, the team from the University of Wisconsin claimed that its Equinox was running at 35/38 mpg
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