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Originally Posted by Canyonaro
When was the last time a gas powered Mazda 3, Civic, or Rabbit got around 40mpg on the highway?
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The mid-1990s.
The 5th gen Civic I have in my driveway gets:
- 55 mpg highway (old EPA figure)
- 49 mpg highway (new lowered 2008 EPA figure... too low to be realistic, IMO)
- ~52-53 mpg highway (my real world average during normal hwy driving, at 65-70 mph)
I'm just answering this FWIW, it's not that relevant to the thread. It would probably be quite easy to get a current Civic to hit 40 hwy mpg with a few tweaks, if it was that important. Apparently it doesn't prevent the car from selling well...