Wayne Gerdes and Chris Bernius crossed 48 states in 14 days with a Kia Optima Hybrid, used only 5.5 petrol tanks and obtained an average consumption of 3.64 L/100 km, setting a new Guinness record.
The record set is officially titled "Lowest fuel consumption driving through all 48 contiguous U.S. states in a gasoline hybrid car", which is a new category created by the publication. In order to qualify, the car was required to achieve a minimum of 4.5 litres per 100 kilometres.
Drivers traveled an average of 907 km per day in all kinds of conditions - straight highways, deserts and congestion - beating the car's official EPA highway fuel consumption figure by 61.37 per cent.
The car uses a 2.4-litre 4-cylinder engine, an electric motor, a battery pack and a six-speed automatic transmission. The Optima Hybrid will offer an MSRP of $ 30,595 before taxes, freight and delivery: a few hundred dollars more than its cousin, the Sonata hybrid.
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The record set is officially titled "Lowest fuel consumption driving through all 48 contiguous U.S. states in a gasoline hybrid car", which is a new category created by the publication. In order to qualify, the car was required to achieve a minimum of 4.5 litres per 100 kilometres.
Drivers traveled an average of 907 km per day in all kinds of conditions - straight highways, deserts and congestion - beating the car's official EPA highway fuel consumption figure by 61.37 per cent.
The car uses a 2.4-litre 4-cylinder engine, an electric motor, a battery pack and a six-speed automatic transmission. The Optima Hybrid will offer an MSRP of $ 30,595 before taxes, freight and delivery: a few hundred dollars more than its cousin, the Sonata hybrid.