"Matthew Russotto" > wrote in message
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> > I looked up Toyota Tercel and depending on the year it got upper 20's
to
> >lower 30's for gas mileage. Were you driving on a highway?
>
> Mixed driving, mostly highway.

What model year was the car? Was the mileage on one trip, or averaged?

>
> > I got 40 miles per gallon with the Honda Civic Hybrid with city
driving.
>
> Hybrids get worse mileage on the highway.

The Honda Civic hybrid gets about equal mileage, 48/47 (EPA numbers, which
are usually higher than reality). With a manual transmission, it gets 46/51
(better on the highway). If highway driving was all that was considered,
the Toyota Prius and Honda Civic hybrid would be about equal.