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Originally Posted by White Shadow
Still though, you're in the minority. Most people do care about their fuel economy. It may not be the most important aspect of their car, but they still care to some extent.
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What works for me is to keep the revs as low as possible in every day driving and to not worry about fuel economy at the track/autox/twisties. And here in CA we would be very happy if gas cost a mere $4/gal these days
EPA 40mpg hwy is the current marketing sweet spot and when that is the goal, the engineers do everything possible to exploit the particulars of the EPA rating system to reach it. Clearly this was not the case for the twins. The tire choice probably was in fact made with improved fuel economy (and CAFE goals) in mind, but possibly they also aimed to keep loss of traction gradual and controllable to make the car better for learning vs sticky tires which grip like mad but let go suddenly and without warning.
Finally, do read @
Ingen's post carefully; lots of good info there on why the twins use more fuel than, say, a FWD hot hatch with similar curb weight and making similar power.