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How did one driver get 74.1 miles per gallon in a Mitsubishi Mirage?

Answer: by using duct tape

The Mitsubishi Motors Extreme MPG Hypermiling Challenge pitted a group of automotive journalists in a competition to see who could get the best gas mileage from a Mirage by making “very minor modifications to their cars from production form.”

For all participants, this meant using duct tape to reduce wind drag.

Colin wrote for Government Technology and Emergency Management from 2010 through most of 2016.