"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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Pete C wrote:
Unless you do mainly city driving, avoid the extravagant maker's claims
for hybrids as regards fuel consumption and emissions. On average out
of
town journeys they're no better than a conventional petrol car.

How are they extravagant claims? They are the result of standardised
urban/combined fuel economy tests.

They may be, but are not representative of real life driving.

They are.

And given just how poor the Prius turned
out to be,

The latest Prius is an amazing success. It doesn't have a gearbox, just one
plaetary gear assembly. Many other makers have liceneced the Toyota
drivetrain.

one can only assume the software

Don't assume, you don't know.

how do you explain an overall figure
of 23 MPG in an Autocar test? No other car I
can find is so far away from the 'official' figures.

Autocar got 55mpg in London,. Now repeat that 10 times. And mine? About
48-50mpg. And a dream to drive.

Very few cars will be used only for out of town journeys, most cars
will be urban/combined.

Yup. Autocar have a test route designed
to simulate this and put every car
they test over it. The Prius still did badly -
considering its claims.

Stop making things up.