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Dan @ May 7th 2008 11:55AM
That's garbage.
A 260hp V6 Accord scores 22 mpg combined on the EPA test.
A 160hp I4 Accord nets 24.
Giving up another 30 horsepower is going to magically boost that to 35?
A full sized car with a thousand pounds of crash-me-into-a-brickwall-at-40-mph safety frame is not going to get clowncar mileage no matter how weak the engine is.
Steve 2 @ May 7th 2008 12:23PM
it won't magically boost to 35mpg but it is a step in the right direction. the point being that, in north america, we have become obsessed with high horsepower and quick 0 to 60 times. If its not sub 6 secs it slow. Really, for most of us living in urban areas, the 5.2 seconds only gets you to another stop light or the back of stop and go traffic.
Maybe i am slanted because i drank the kool-aid and traded my S4 for a Fit Sport. Sure doesn't carry the same image, but it costs a fraction of the insurance and gas yet gets me where I want to go in the same amount of time.