This episode is not a fair comparison. The Corvette was driven by well known lead foot and car hoon Dr Tim Scammery. He wanted the Corvette to show up as a gas guzzler and he made sure of it.
Huh?, You do know The Chevy Corvette is not, I repeat NOT, an economy car by any means. I think the video serves a purpose to show just how much a farce suposed gas milage cars of today are. Fact is even though that Prius is a hybrid, a 1978 Honda Civic 2 door, 4 speed manual, in it's prime would beat the Prius hybrid in the same test. Same condision, same miles, same octane gasolene, the Honda Civic would win hands down. The reason, is though the Prius has the benifit of being a hybrid, it's bigger, weighs more, and has power draining options that the 78 Civic don't, even being a pure gas car, the first gen Civic, all things equal, would unlike the Corvette that may have came close on a short run, Would win short or long run.
The Corvette is rear wheel drive, not as efficent as a FWD, has a v8 likely high output engine, and in most cases has luxury build into it. Corvettes are sport luxury cars, Not made for gas milage. Had the Prius been a manual shift transmission, alittle smaller and lighter, had manual steering, no air condisioning, or other power robbing features, crank windows to save battery power for the wheels, it wouldn't have even been close.
I want to see more of these kinds of videos, because it serves to make people think about what we should be demanding from our cars. Less luxury, less power options, less weight, less size, and less gas usage. Put that into a plug in hybrid and have a real economy car.
I believe a real actual 64-68 mpg is doable if we are willing to be alittle less comfortable getting from point "A", to "B".
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