Pål Jensen wrote: > Adam wrote: > > "Prius is a very nice 4 door sedan with superb mileage and a reasonable > cost." > > > REPly: > > I disagree. It uses more fuel than a European luxury sedan and significantly > more than a european hatch. My seven year old Audi A6, which is a big car by > European standards (anyway much bigger than a Prius), uses 0,43l per 10km - > better mileage than a Prius. The fact that it is larger than a Prius, weight > more than a Prius, is luxurious with interior plastics seemed to be carved > out of massive granite - not recycled Airfix models, makes the technology > gone into it far more impressive than whatever Toyota is using. > > Pål > >
Considering the Prius gets only slightly worse fuel efficiency numbers than a Golf TDI, you really need to check your numbers again. The AUdi A6 gets FAR worse fuel milage than what you are quoting. I've got a friend with the 95 S6 and he'd be very happy to break 30mpg, while the Prius gets 45+ (EPA MPG ratings are problematic with hybrids and overstate fuel economy for them, but they're a good guideline for regular cars). -Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
