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Letter: Not so green

Published 14 March 2007

From Joel Kauffman

You quote the city fuel consumption of the Toyota Prius as 60 miles per US gallon (3 February, p 21). The current Prius does not get 60 mpg in city driving. Consumer Reports noted 44 mpg overall for the 2006 model, and the survey of owners on the car-buying advice website Edmu nds cited the same overall: see .

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US

Issue no. 2595 published 17 March 2007

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