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Toyota smashes fuel economy record
Key Excerpts from Article on Website of London Times
Posted: December 5th, 2006
https://web.archive.org/web/20070408121552/http://www.timeso...
Tucked away on the Toyota stand you will find a cheeky little coup that looks sporty but whose raison dtre is fuel economy, the lowest exhaust emissions and ease of recycling. The ES3 the initials stand for Eco Spirit achieves 104mpg in the official European fuel consumption tests, a record for a four-seat car. Some months ago I drove this prototype and not only is it even more economical than the special 3 litre (three litres of fuel for every 100km travelled, or 94mpg) versions of the Audi A2 and VW Lupo that sell in Germany, but the Toyota is more lively and responsive and would be very acceptable as an everyday car. The ES3 has a 1.4 litre turbocharged diesel engine and CVT (continuously variable transmission).
Note: So what happened to this amazing car? Why haven't we heard anything about it since the article was published in 2002? Read the revealing WantToKnow.info article at this link to learn how this amazing car, which was the talk of the fuel economy car industry in 2002, eventually disappeared. And for an excellent essay which provides key information on this topic, including a detailed list of suppressed inventions which greatly improve gasoline mileage reported over the years in respected magazines, click here.
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