{"id":4972,"date":"2012-05-15T15:53:10","date_gmt":"2012-05-15T20:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/?p=4972"},"modified":"2012-05-15T16:00:58","modified_gmt":"2012-05-15T21:00:58","slug":"vw-passat-78-5-mpg-in-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/vw-passat-78-5-mpg-in-the-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"VW Passat 78.5 MPG in the UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/passat-record.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4973\" title=\"passat record\" src=\"http:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/passat-record.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"440\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/passat-record.jpg 440w, 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target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4974\" title=\"vw\" src=\"http:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/vw.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"251\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is the story of the record\u00a0 1,527 miles on one tank: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.volkswagen.co.uk\/volkswagen-world\/news\/259\" target=\"_blank\">Passat BlueMotion sets new world record<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The VW Passat just set the world record for the most fuel efficient car in the world at<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-articles-panama-perpsective"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the 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