Apparently making your car resemble a Gila monster will result in big mileage gains. We think it will also result in a marked reduction in the amount of lovin’ you receive from the opposiste sex, but imagine the money you’ll save in gas! This modification was worth a 15 percent increase in fuel economy. We’re still not rushing out to do it, though.
The guy who made this aerodynamic boattail and who owns the Geo Metro it’s attached to is Canadian Darin Cosgrove. He’s one of the more well known guys in the “hyper-miler” community, where people modify their cars and driving styles to achieve far better MPGs than manufacturers thought possible. This little car gets about 65 mpg with its new tail, but according to the story on Wired.com, Cosgrove has another car that can average 99 mpg when driven properly.
Parallel parking that thing must suck.
LINK: Wired.com story about Darin Cosgrove’s Metro.
You can also see more at MetroMPG.com or at the annoying EcoModder.com.
