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Originally Posted by stevenvillatoro
I used to believe the popular theory about wind drag being one reason for the wheel design, but now I think the pie plate wheels are just a marketing gimmick to hybridize the look of the standard Civic. The reason for my doubt? If you go the UK Honda website, you'll see their standard and upgraded Civic Hybrids... NEITHER car uses the pie plate wheels. They use ordinary-looking spoke wheels for the base model (15") and the upgraded model (16"). Not a pie plate wheel anywhere. It'd be interesting to find the weight of the UK versions' wheels.
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Um... It might vary but all of the European/Asian members I've seen had the same pie plate wheels stock. They use the same pie style wheels on the base Fit & Civic in Canada too to help increase MPG slightly.