Sentences with phrase «city mpg better»

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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.

Granted, the EPA's rating for this vehicle is a more modest 17 mpg in the city, 21 mpg on the highway, and 19 mpg combined, but even those numbers are very good for a 5400 - pound, seven - passenger vehicle.

Best of all, this diesel powerplant promises to deliver better fuel economy than its gasoline - powered siblings» 15/23 mpg city / hwy rating.

The CVT - equipped car actually gets better city mileage (27 mpg) than the four - speed automatic model could manage on the highway.

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.

While last year's Legacy 2.5 i scored just 24/32 mpg (city / highway) with the EPA, the 2015 model boasts ratings of 26/36 mpg, essentially as good as a four - cylinder Honda Accord (27/36 mpg).

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.

The Suburban's passing torpor is forgivable, given the drivetrain's best - in - class EPA rating of 15/21 mpg city / highway with rear - or four - wheel drive.

The benefit of less oomph is better mileage: EPA figures are rated at a very respectable 24/35 mpg city / highway.

My only reservation is that, with a V - 12 engine that only gets 13 mpg in the city, I can practically see an oil well running dry and a bank account emptying every time I really put my foot down.

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?

The raised ride height puts this car in the crossover segment, where a price below the Forester's and better mileage — estimated at 25/33 mpg city / highway — are probably enough to seal the deal.

$ 18,690 including destination 25/34 mpg city / highway (27/36 mpg CVT) All - wheel drive comes standard on every Subaru (well, except for the sporty BRZ), and the cheapest of the lot is the Impreza.

Better yet, the drivetrains are both EPA - rated at 23/31 mpg city / highway.

27 mpg with city and highway driving very conservitave, i expected more then that from a 2005 4 cylinder that's underpowered, but all the downshifting i'm sure sucks a good bit of go go juice in my 10 mile drive to work.

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).

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.

Manual - equipped Veloster Turbos also will get a 1 - mpg better rating in the city, now at 25 mpg.

In fact, the GTS with the Porsche Doppelkupplung transmission happens to be quicker from 0 to 60 mph (3.9 seconds versus 4.4 seconds) and gets 1 mpg better (20 city / 26 highway versus 19 city / 25 highway) than with the manual.

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.

The 200 is rated at 23 mpg city and 36 mpg on the highway, which is good but not quite as good as the Honda.

The combination is good for 333 hp, 291 lb - ft of torque, and improved fuel efficiency: 19 mpg in the city and 29 mpg compared to 18/27 in the outgoing V - 6 and six - speed automatic powertrain.

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).

Engine: 2.0 - liter, 16 - valve DOHC flat - 4 / 148 hp @ 6,200 rpm, 145 lb - ft @ 4,200 rpm EPA mileage: 25/34/28 mpg (city / highway / combined) All - wheel drive comes standard on every Subaru sold in the U.S. (well, except for the sporty BRZ coupe), and the Impreza sedan is the cheapest of the lot.

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 EPA ratings are 30/40 mpg city / highway, but we regularly did better on the highway and sometimes also in the city.

Like before, a five - speed manual transmission is available with front - wheel - drive four - cylinder models, and it does even better than the automatics at the pumps: 22 mpg city, 28 highway.

This combo is good for 55 mpg in the city yet can accelerate the mid-engine roadster from 0 to 62 mph in 6.6 seconds and provide a top speed of 140 mph, according to VW.

The powertrain's 16/23 mpg city / highway EPA numbers are far better than in the R - class or the ML but can't match the Cadillac or Audi wagons.

Meanwhile, the four - door Wrangler Unlimited with the four - cylinder is rated 22/24/22 mpg, which is 4 mpg better in the city and 1 mpg better on the highway than its V - 6 counterpart.

Good news — it seems the bow - wave grille doesn't hurt aerodynamics, as Ford announced the 2011 Lincoln MKZ Hybrid is rated at 41 mpg in the city.

But this is a car that has no power steering, so you get the best of both worlds; no hydraulic p / s pump to sap 1 mpg off the city EPA number, and no electric boost alternative to sap steering feel in favor of that extra mpg.

With four - wheel drive, the EPA ratings are 21 mpg city and 28 mpg highway, not much better than the V - 6's 19/27 mpg.

Even better, the standard 170 - hp, 1.8 - liter turbocharged four - cylinder engine has an extraordinarily broad powerband even as it delivers 26/36 mpg city / highway.

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.

It also generally matches the much larger Chevrolet Traverse for combined mileage rating (19 mpg), and does 1 mpg better in the city and 1 mpg worse on the highway.

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.

While the current Jeep Wrangler returns 17 mpg in city and 21 mpg on the highway using either its five - speed automatic transmission or six - speed manual, expect markedly better numbers with the eight - speed automatic.

That's 5 mpg more than the same body style equipped with 3.6 - liter Pentastar V - 6 and eight - speed automatic in the city, though only 2 mpg better on the highway.

This compact van is available in cargo and taxi forms, and the cargo model has a revised transmission that makes for higher mpg ratings of 24/26/25 mpg city / highway / combined as well as some new features for 2015.