Nissan Rogue offers
better city fuel economy thanks to its continuously variable transmission, but it's also less reliable and offers less cargo space.
For the 2009 model year, Saturn will offer the Vue Green Line with its two - mode hybrid system, a full hybrid system that should give the Vue much
better city fuel economy and allow it to drive under electric power at slow speeds.
In fact, the 2018 Soul offers a more powerful engine,
better city fuel economy scores and significantly more cargo space than the 2018 Jeep Renegade.
With the slushbox, top speed is only 174 mph, but you do enjoy a slightly
better city fuel economy rating of 17 mpg.
The base 1.6 engine, as before, is no barn burner, but if fuel economy is high on your list, opt for the automatic with ISG and you'll get the same highway mileage as the manual and
better city fuel economy.
Those numbers are essentially the same as last year's smaller engine, but this engine gets notably
better city fuel economy.
The new 2.0 - liter 4 - cylinder base engine in the Forte sedan / Forte5 hatchback offers the same power as last year's 1.8 - liter but
better city fuel economy with the popular automatic transmission.
The EnerGuide fuel economy rating for the Laramie's Hemi is 17.2 L / 100 km in the city, 12.7 L / 100 km on the highway, while the EcoDiesel claims 12.1 L and 8.8 L, respectively; note that the diesel claims
better city fuel economy than the Hemi does on the highway.
The Accord's combination of virtues — chiefly its clear packaging advantage along with
its better city fuel economy — better align with the priorities in this segment and put it on top in this match - up.
(The stop - start system can be disabled with the touch of a button, but leaving it active is the best way to achieve
good city fuel economy.)
Not exact matches
The XC90 made
good on its EPA - estimated 22 mpg
city / highway combined
fuel -
economy rating.
I certainly didn't, even though the TLX A-Spec includes both a Sport and a Sport Plus driving mode, in additional to Normal and Econ (the last helping the car make
good on its 20 mpg
city / 29 highway / 23 combined
fuel -
economy ratings).
If that engine appears in the 3 - series, we can look forward
fuel economy ratings more than twenty percent
better than the 328i — we expect over 30 mpg
city and over 40 on the highway.
Best of all, this diesel powerplant promises to deliver
better fuel economy than its gasoline - powered siblings» 15/23 mpg
city / hwy rating.
Because it gets
fuel economy that's significantly
better than the S400 Hybrid, particularly on the highway (the EPA rates the hybrid at 19/25 mpg
city / highway, and Mercedes reckons that the diesel will earn a 20 / 31 - mpg rating), but is expected cost only a few thousand dollars more.
Fuel economy with the smaller engine is appreciably
better, with an EPA
city / highway rating of 20/27 mpg, compared with 18/23 mpg for our Four Seasons example.
Mix that with the excellent
fuel economy (19/26 mpg EPA
city / highway versus the six - cylinder gasoline version's 15/21 mpg and the V - 8 edition's 14/19 mpg), and you've easily got yourself the
best X5 powertrain on the market today, as I expressed after driving a similar X5 35d last summer.
In Versa S models, the engine is mated to either a five - speed manual that returns
fuel economy of 27/36 mpg (
city / highway), or a four - speed automatic transmission
good for 26/35 mpg.
Variable Cylinder Management, now standard across the board, is capable of turning the six - cylinder into either a four - or three - cylinder engine during low - load cruising, and with the Touring models» six - speed automatic (a five - speed is standard on other trim levels), the Odyssey returns the
best EPA
fuel economy at 19/28 mpg
city / highway.
So, given its impressively livability, and
fuel economy that
bests the gasoline E350 by 7 to 8 mpg (
city) or 10 to 12 mpg (highway), is the Bluetec worth the extra cost?
If you're going to sell a unibody pickup with a V - 6 on the basis of
fuel economy, then you've got to do
better than 15/20 mph
city / highway.
Like us, you would probably be impressed by the S7's performance, but the V - 6 in the A7 is as responsive and as eager to rev, and it delivers
better mileage — several drivers averaged close to 30 mpg on the highway, even though the EPA rates
fuel economy at 18/28 mpg
city / highway and 21 mpg combined.
The 4.8 - liter V - 8 engine found in the 750i and 750Li gets slightly
better fuel economy (15 mpg
city / 23 mpg highway).
The 2014 Porsche Cayenne Platinum Edition is also available in diesel guise, with a 3.0 - liter turbodiesel V - 6 engine
good for 240 hp and EPA
fuel -
economy ratings of 20/29 mpg (
city / highway).
Many hybrid electric vehicles achieve higher
fuel economy ratings in the
city (e.g. 2017 Toyota Prius, 54 -
city, 50 - highway) than on the highway because the electric motor recharges when braking and turns off the gas - powered engine when stopped; this is especially beneficial to those who do a lot of
city driving because, while 100 % gas vehicles will get
better mileage on the highway vs. the
city, hybrids are the opposite.
With gasoline prices low nationally, maybe
fuel economy isn't the most important factor in the grand scheme of McLaren ownership, but here it is: The 570S is EPA - rated 16/23/19 mpg
city / highway / combined —
better than the Audi R8's 14/22/17 mpg and the Viper's 12/19/14 mpg.
EPA - estimated
fuel economy figures are
best for 3.8 RWD models, which are rated 18/28/22 mpg
city / highway / combined.
Of the three all - wheel - drive SUVs, the CX - 9 gets the
best EPA
fuel -
economy numbers at 21/27 mpg
city / highway versus 19/26 mpg for the Pilot and 18/25 mpg for the Acadia.
At 80 mph, the engine isn't spinning too high — around 2,400 rpm — and 20/26 mpg
city / hwy
fuel economy isn't terrible, but the very
best you can expect from the 13.7 - gallon tank is around 350 miles, which led me to join contributor Marc Noordeloos in wishing for more range.
Toyota's Hybrid Synergy powertrain found in the 2015 Toyota Prius combines the benefits of an efficient gasoline engine and a clean, quiet electric motor to boast the
best mileage of all the cars in this list, with super-efficient
fuel economy of 51 mpg
city, 48 mpg highway, and 49.3 mpg combined.
They also should produce
better fuel economy ratings than the 2013 S Hybrid's 22/30 mpg (
city / highway).
This engine offers
good gas mileage with either the standard five - speed manual or available four - speed automatic — 25/34 mpg
city / highway, regardless of the transmission — but Kia also offers a $ 600
Fuel Economy Package for automatic EX models that boosts gas mileage to 27/36 mpg, thanks to enhancements like a five - speed automatic instead of a four - speed, plus low - rolling - resistance tires and aerodynamic improvements.
The 2.0 - liter turbocharged four - cylinder Drive - E motor that's standard on the V60 T5 as
well as the 2015 Volvo S60 T5 is living up to its green mission by delivering impressive
fuel economy numbers of 25/37/29 mpg
city / highway / combined in the 2015 Volvo V60 and S60.
At the same time,
fuel economy is unimpressive at 21/28 mpg (
city / highway), which is no
better than the far more powerful Ford Escape, whose turbo 2.0 - liter bristles with an additional 64 hp and 99 pound - feet of torque.
MH: Loser I like the XV Crosstrek and think the gas - only version should do
well for Subaru, but the hybrid's estimated gas mileage — only 3 mpg
better in combined
city / highway driving — is a problem in an era when hybrids must produce big
fuel -
economy gains to warrant their extra cost.
The Odyssey Touring Elite's relative lightness of being translates to
better handling and
better fuel economy (19 miles per gallon in the
city and 28 on the highway).
It costs $ 800 to opt for the continuously variable transmission, but the total price of $ 20,875 also yields
better fuel economy: 28/35 mpg
city / highway versus 25/34 mpg for the manual HR - V.
It even gets relatively
good fuel economy for a big SUV: I've gotten an average of 17 mpg in
city and highway driving, and I often get up to 19, even 20 on long trips.
In marketing and advertising, it was reported to achieve
better fuel economy than its chief marketplace rival, the Toyota Prius V, which got 44 mpg
city and 40 mpg highway, for a combined figure of 42 mpg.
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The Encore's all - wheel - drive system is a $ 1,500 option and
well worth it if you're in the snow belt and have to experience even just one 19 - inch snow storm, even considering its rather unimpressive
fuel economy: 23/30/26 mpg
city / highway / combined, down from 25/33/28 mpg for front - wheel drive.
As for the
fuel economy, this year model will provide little
better economy in
city / highway 14/19 mpg (RWD) and 13/18 mpg for the (4WD).
It also scores
well on the EPA's
fuel economy tests: the eight - speed automatic - transmission version comes in at 24/36 mpg
city / highway, beating out last year's most frugal 3 - series, the diesel - engine 335d, by a hair.
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fuel economy; strong supercharged V6; superb brake performance; roomy backseat; sporty handling.
The LE Eco gets the
best fuel economy out of all Corolla trims with 35 miles per gallon combined
city and highway driving.
With 22/31 mpg
city / highway, the 2013 Audi TT's
fuel economy may
well be its most important performance factor.
Admittedly, it's not like the engine buckles under the Nissan Sentra's weight every time you apply pressure to the gas pedal, and the 1.8 - liter unit does admittedly return some very
good fuel economy figures (automatic models return 29mpg in the
city and 37mpg on the highway; versions with a manual transmission are two mpg less frugal in both instances).
2.4 - liter 4 - cylinder engine produces 182 hp and delivers expected
best - in - segment estimated highway
fuel economy of 30 mpg (21 mpg
city)
Scoring an impressive
fuel economy rating of 21 miles per gallon in the
city and up to 29 miles per gallon on the highway, the ProMaster is sure to impress in performance as
well.
Despite the increase in power, the new V6 delivers
better fuel economy estimates in both
city and highway driving.