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Test drive: The Smart car is revolutionary

A car small enough to alter your relationship with the city.
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  • Wednesday, July 2, 2008 03:00 PM

    46 MPG on a 1999 Saturn

    I am still shocked that the "Different Kind of Car Company" that produced my "different kind of car" in 1999 does not do the same thing this year.

    In the summer, I get 43 MPG regularly on the interstate.

    In the winter, with different gasoline formulation, I get 46 MPG.

    In the city I get between 30 and 33.

    Why is everybody bragging about hybreds when they don't get as good a mileage as a 1999 Saturn 5-speed?

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