>Out of curiousity :
>Is the VW Golf Blue Motion sold in the States ?
>A couple of friends of mine have got one and both of them actually get about 75mpg without trying.....

I'm getting an average of 41MPG (had to solve the formula for MPG out of my usual l/100km) on my citroën saxo, without any special adjustments. Because it's ten years old. New one should be getting about 48 (if it was still made... probably was guzzling too much so they stopped).