Hybrid Gas Mileage Ratings

2 thoughts on “Hybrid Gas Mileage Ratings”

1. So far, I am underwhelmed by the hybrid cars that everyone is drooling over. The MOST efficient is just now up to the Datsun 1200 (cc) that I was running around in for years in the early 80’s, and it had 4 cylinders, and was as frisky as any sane person could want, even loaded down with much more stuff than any little car should have to bare.

   I understand that this is just the beginning for hybrids, and we can expect them to improve, but it seems that if designers/engineers started with the most efficient devices, and hybridized incorporating them, they should already be doing a lot better that a dated 66 mph!

   (Please excuse the caps; they’re the only way to emphasize in this program, or so it seems.)

2. Ditto to Loy! My 1987 Mazda B2200 Diesel (which can run on vegi oil also) gets 30’s city and 40’s mpg highway. It is heavy and build like a truck and also has cargo and towing capacity. No a/c, but wing windows and cab-to-cap windows makes great flow, just not quite.

   Also my 1983 Nissan sentra hatch got 29/42, the rear seats folded flat and I could sleep in back (I’m short) it too had rear windows that you could open from the center seat console that would give you air flow from dash back. Never should of got rid of her, built sturdy and handled well.

   Now how about a cash rebate/deduction for passing on high mpg cars to lower income families? Why not pass the benefits to others and also help us that HAVE BEEN doing the responsible thing! I’d love to get into a diesel (bio/vegi please) hybrid, but even those aren’t available yet here in America???