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Innovative and oh so cool! Rather than bring the Fit the US should have this. 5th Gear Video: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=280723957717355448&pl=true
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"it looks like a teeny tiny coo-pay" Love the differences between British and American English  and that car looks awesome!!!
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i saw them recently when i went to the uk. it is a stunning car and makes all the other cars look just dull. with that said, i do LOVE the cars over in the uk oh so much.
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That's 55mpg, on diesel, in UK gallons using their test methods, which are different than the EPA's.
If they brought over the hatch, it wouldn't have the diesel and I would be suprised to see it get anything north of 40mpg, which considering both the Fit/Jazz and the civic sedan get 38mpg highway, it isn't saying much
It looks funky and I am sure ricers would eat it up, I've just never seen any apeal behind a civic.
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I've never liked Civics, or hatchbacks, but that is actually pretty cool.
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My boss' daughter had a Honda Civic that would get 50+ mpg all the time . I forget exactly which year it was , somewhere about '94-'95 era - it was a Civic VX (lightweight model , from what I was told) . She told me it repeatedly got 50-55 mpg no probs (and so did my friend who owned it before her , since new) ... that is until some tool ran a stopsign & clobbered it while she was at college in Boston a year or 2 ago  . She now drives a Mazda 6 .
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Originally posted by Buddy Palumbo:
My boss' daughter had a Honda Civic that would get 50+ mpg all the time . I forget exactly which year it was , somewhere about '94-'95 era - it was a Civic VX (lightweight model , from what I was told) .
Yeah, the VX was the one that used some fuel-swirly technique in cylinder filling to improve combustion, but I'm sure it was at the price of some other performance aspect. Also had thin low-resistance (= low grip) tires and stuff like that. You can really optimize those cars for fuel efficiency, but it doesn't make them any fun to drive.
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Thats from an old episode... December 5th to be exact. Anyways, thats really strange that it gets posted now because i was just telling someone that they should bring that car over. I'd like the diesel as a daily driver.
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And Europe has better diesel fuel sold at the pump. The better fuel will be coming here if gas stays at 2.69+/gallon.
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A lot of innovation in such a little car. Love the "walk through" back seat area and the voice-command system (that and their nav systms being the industry benchmarks from what I hear). The styling of is growing on me ...
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