Everywhere Patti Hollingshead drives these days, she draws a crowd and a query. Pedestrians and motorists alike gawk at her new ride, a two-seater Smart Car. And then, inevitably, they ask, “How many miles per gallon?” Both the attention and the question are understandable - the car’s look is novel, and with gasoline bumping up against the once-unthinkable $4 a gallon, mileage is on every driver’s mind. Now at a record regional average of $3.98 a gallon - up 88 cents from...

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