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Honda targets new Guinness World Records title for fuel efficiency with 8,500-mile diesel drive across Europe

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Honda aims to win a new Guinness World Records title for fuel efficiency in an 8,500-mile (13,679 km) drive across all 24 contiguous EU countries in a 1.6 i-DTEC diesel engined Honda Civic Tourer. In the Civic Tourer, the 1.6 This will be judged by an independent witness at the beginning and end of the record attempt.

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Carmakers are going green but British motorists are not

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Cyprus / 166 / 170 / 20. Honda / 6 / 154. Austria / 158 / 163 / 16. Great Britain / 158 / 165 / 16. Luxembourg / 160 / 166 / 18. Greece / 161 / 165 / 17. Finland / 163 / 165 / 22. Germany / 165 / 169 / 19. Lithuania / 170 / 177 / 21. Sweden / 174 / 181 / 23. Estonia / 177 / 182 / 24. Latvia / 181 / 183. Fiat/ 2/ 138. Toyota / 4 / 147.

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Reports highlight ongoing advances in vehicle technology, consumer demand for fuel efficiency in US and Europe

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Standouts include the Chevy Malibu (went from 20 to 29 mpg), the Honda Accord (went from 24 to 30 mpg), the Nissan Altima (went from 26 to 31 mpg), the Ford Escape (went from 19 to 25 mpg), and the Ford Fusion (went from 21 to 26 mpg.). —Jack Gillis, report co-author. This number has decreased since it peaked in 2007, when 15.5

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