One of the trends at this year's L.A. show was active fuel economy coaching. Honda showed its FC Sport fuel-cell prototype with its videogame-like eco assist system. The display shows your eco score with blossoming flowers. A similar system will be on the new Insight hybrid. Ford has its own coaching system on the 2010 Fusion/Mercury Milan hybrids with EcoGuide (shown below). So if you have to drive a boring fuel sipper, at least you can entertain yourself by making a game out of your hypermiling.
Albert Austria, Senior Vehicle Evaluation Engineer
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I think the Fusion Hybrid's cluster is pretty sweet looking. If the 39 city MPG holds true, this just might be my next car. It's about time, Detroit.
I think this is pretty cool. With a speed camera on every corner in this area (almost), you gotta get your kicks in some other way.
I use the instant mpg display on the trip computer, but this seems more comprehensive.