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Consumer Letters afresh activated absolutely how fuel-efficient some of America’s highest-mpg cars are if drivers advance them up to what, in a lot of places, qualifies as accustomed artery speed.

CR explains, “The after-effects appearance the faster you drive, the added ammunition you burn-no abruptness there. But the a lot of cogent change in ammunition abridgement comes from the a lot of fuel-efficient cars we tested.” The annual put seven cars to the test, barometer fuel-economy at 55, 65 and 75 mph. “The Honda Insight amalgam showed the better bead in ammunition economy,” with a bead of 7 mpg travelling at 65 mph instead of 55 – and a bead of added than 15 mpg at 75.

But the abnormality isn’t bound to hybrids. CR reports, The “Toyota Camry alternate 40.3 mpg at 55 mph, but that reduces to about 35 mpg if the acceleration moves up to 65 mph and drops to about 30 mpg if speeds ability 75 mph.” The car atomic afflicted by college speeds, ironically, was the least-efficient tested. The Mercury Mountaineer SUV saw a bead of alone 6 mpg with the abounding 20 mph acceleration boost.

Kicking Tires comments, “The EPA ammunition ratings are a advantageous apparatus for about anticipation what affectionate of breadth one can get out of a car, but real-world active generally changes the blueprint due to a amount of variables.” In some places, the EPA ratings may not be decidedly meaningful, back accompaniment acceleration banned can alter from the 55 the EPA analysis assumes. In fact, abounding buyers accuse that their cars don’t bout the fuel-economy promises by the EPA numbers – and the acumen may artlessly be speed.

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