2013 Honda Civic Hybrid First Test

Your browser, , is out of date and not supported by www.motortrend.com. It may not display all features of our site properly and could have potential security flaws. Please update your browser to the most upated version. Update Now "Average Fuel: 41.2 mpg," the dash display of the 2013 Honda Civic Hybrid indicated. What?! Really?! It'd been too effortless to achieve. If I had really tried to eke out every possible mile from each ounce of unleaded, boy, what a number that would have been. And so began the latest round of "Nate's Great MPG Challenge," a fuel economy maximization game first programmed into my psyche by our long gone, but never forgotten, long-term 2009 BMW 335d, a beautiful premium sedan that successfully ticked just about every box on my personal Fuel Efficient Car checklist. I also played a few rounds while behind the wheel of our 2009 Volkswagen Jetta TDI, which racked up 450-plus miles on a single tank. While those were oil burners, similar types of competitive Eat-My-MPG behavior are expected from drivers of electro-fossil fuel cars such as our Civic. In fact, Honda, like many other automakers, promotes competition with items such as an ECO Assist coach and a little green ECON button, that, when pressed, reduces energy consumed by the car's climate control system. It also minimizes throttle response and extends the start-stop operating window when possible. View the original article here