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darkpuppet,Jan 16 2009, 12:06 PM Wrote:All this excitement over hybrids that still can't beat a VW Polo Diesel for mileage. 

And that's even with the hybrids getting a 'cheating chance' with the EPA.  I don't know of too many people driving priuses and insights that got better mileage than my focus did... I say drop the cost of hybrid tech, and put in smart engine stop/start and variable displacement and you'd get just as good mileage as a hybrid.

BTW.. the plug-in hybrids would do great in a city because they consume little power when stopped... .of course, I'm not sure how that'll hold up in canada as battery efficiency drops in cold weather and you'd need a way to keep the passengers warm as well.
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that's true, I think on top gear they compaired the Prius, and the Polo and the polo got 71.8 MPG where the Prius could never make it past 47. I men heck I'd love to have a diesel focus as I know the milage would be better then anything hybrid on the market, I'm kinda disapointed as VW dropped their diesel hybrid program, as they deemed it non profitable to them. So far from what I've read and seen no other car company has really tried to venture in to that devlopment.