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Doing research on the web I have discovered the 1991 Geo Metro XFi. Apparently, something was very different on this 3 cylinder car, as opposed to the regular 3 cylinder Metro. Would someone who is informed give me an account of the differences between the two cars.

Just how rare was the XFi. I did a search on Autotrader and found non for sale in the entire U.S.

it has a special FE camshaft
also lighter weight.
try ebay?

The Metro XFI only had 2 rings per piston, lower cam lobes, and the ignition module was different. I have been looking for an engine or whole car for a friend. I have found a few. One in decent shape was about $5000. Junkers were over $1000.

The Metro XFI only had 2 rings per piston, lower cam lobes, and the ignition module was different. I have been looking for an engine or whole car for a friend. I have found a few. One in decent shape was about $5000. Junkers were over $1000.
The ECU is mapped for economy, tranny has a taller final drive, throttlebody is smaller, did not have A/C, optional passenger side mirror, bumpers were all black (read link below)

Here is an informative link: http://gtkgeo.50megs.com/

Shoot, for $5K you could get a decent civic.

Did the 2 rings result in early onset oil burning?

No A/C is a show stopper for me since we spend lots of time in the south. I'd also note that the lack of an A/C is going to skew the MPG results to the more optimistic side, since A/C consumption cannot be incorporated into the test cycle. The MPG is spectacular, just would not seem quite as good as the EPA shows.

I found the email I got:

Rare 91 Geo Metro XFi (EPA rating was 53 City, 58 Highway) - $5900

I rarely do highway driving but on a recent carefully measured tank that was just 2/3’s highway I got 53.5 miles per gallon. And I am sure I would have gotten 56 or more had the entire drive had been highway.

If you are doing a lot of highway driving in a car or truck that gets 20 miles per gallon you will buy 2,500 gallons of gas over the course of the next 50,000 miles. And at $4.00 a gallon that is $10,000 in just gas expenses over the course of those miles.

If you have a car that gets 50 miles per gallon you will have to only buy 1,000 gallons of gas in order to drive that same 50,000 miles. And at $4.00 per gallon you will have gas expenses of $4,000 - A savings of $6,000 in just 50,000 miles of driving!

The choice is yours to make, of course. But you can save as much as the price of the car in just 50,000 miles, and that is not counting repairs which undoubtedly would be less with a simple, three cylinder car.

Two years ago this past May I had a gasoline bill of $400 for just that month. (That would have been about $700 for the month at today's prices, or $8,400 a year! - How much are you paying for gas per year?) It was at that time I began searching for a much more affordable alternative to my minivan. It is that search that led me to discover the Geo Metro, and specifically the XFi model. What I also discovered is that they are extraordinarily rare because very few were made and nearly all of the ones driven in the midwest have rusted out a-arms which makes them undrivable.

Well, I have a rare, 91 geo metro XFi for sale for the first time ever in the Midwest as this car spent its entire life on the west coast. What I am presenting here is a solid, well maintained, very nice car that is pretty cute on top of that! Granted, it is not a creampuff, showroom quality car. But it is dependable in getting you from point A to point B, using less gas than any other car ever made. And that’s the point, right?