darrelld Posted December 19, 2012 Report Share Posted December 19, 2012 (edited) The Toyota Prius C is EPA rated at 53 MPG in the city. Consumer Reports' review says they got 37 MPG city in the Prius C. That's a 16 MPG deficit. CR's report from last week was critical of the C Max's "real world" mileage. In it they the say "The largest discrepancy we've previously seen was 7 and 6 MPG for the Toyota Prius C...". So, their report on the Prius C says it performed 16 MPG below its EPA city rating, while this new report says only 7 MPG lower. Which is it?Consumer Reports used combined mpg as the comparison number while failing to address the Prius C much larger city discrepancy. Consumer Reports in the interest of fair reporting should have expanded the numbers to include the largest city and highway discrepancy by Brand/Model but chose the path of paid advertising media to report only what made the C-Max look the worst. Edited December 19, 2012 by darrelld Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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