The Toyota Prius Thread

Toyota Prius cruises to new world record with coast-to-coast economy run

A coast-to-coast cruise across the USA is something you'd usually romanticise about, with your mind's eye likely rumbling into the sunset in a Ford Mustang convertible or something similar.

But a so-called 'hypermiler' had different ideas and with some very careful coaxing, managed to break a Guinness World Record for fuel economy in a bottom-of the-range Toyota Prius.

Wayne Gerdes achieved the feat by driving from Los Angeles City Hall to New York City Hall with an average consumption of 93.158 miles per gallon, which equates to 2.52 litres per 100km.

The 5,167km journey took him through a wide variety of terrain, including elevations as high as 2,130 metres, while also facing unpredictable weather, such as strong winds coming in from the Gulf of Mexico and temperatures soaring above 40 degrees celcius in the Mohave desert.

 
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