In article >, Magnulus wrote:

> A CVT accouns for 7 percent of the difference. (and to correct something
> I wrote earlier, this site http://www.carlist.com/autonews/2005_hybrids.html
> lists the fuel improvement as 40 percent vs. the regular sedan).

You compare the small hyrbid to a bigger gasoline powered car. Try apples
to apples to apples. Opps that's the honda comparison and it doesn't help
you.