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Diesel still better than hybrids?
Something that everybody should be conscious about when comparing fuel mileage between European and American cars is that the gallons used are different.
Therefore:
1 MPG (UK) = 0.83 MPG (US)
1 MPG (US) = 1.2 MPG (UK)
A 50 MPG car in Europe only makes out 41.5 MPG in America. The metric L/100km doesn't suffer from this, but I think more people are comfortable using miles and gallons. Just be careful when you're talking to someone across the pond that you're both speaking the same "language".
posted by TimothyPilgrim January 26, 2010 at 9:29 AM