The diesel will
do more miles per gallon and a greater torque figure makes it more relaxing to drive.
Not exact matches
Building a car that gets
more than 100
miles per gallon does not require wild new technology, judging from the results of the Progressive Insurance Automotive X Prize.
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The fact of the matter is, if you
do rotate your tires regularly — every 3,000 to 5,000
miles — you'll get
more miles per gallon, and
more miles out of your tires.
During the first month of driving my new Kia Optima Hybrid, my average
miles per gallon did not appear to be
more than a
mile or two off
per gallon off the estimated MPG displayed on the window sticker.
Doing so didn't seem to hurt our overall fuel economy, surprisingly, with the Elantra eking out one
more mile per gallon to 33 combined during a week of mixed driving — pretty impressive.
I don't know how they
did it, but this car has ten
more hp than my»11 Max, but gets nearly five
miles per gallon better gas mileage.
We don't think there's anyone out there who would trade in all that power for a mere two
more miles per gallon on the highway.
And with the results in, our plug - ins
did great, with the Priuses getting
more than 90
miles per gallon.
nonetheless they seem to be
doing more for the environment than most other car manufactureres (EG Even Toyota Prius Electric
does way less
miles per gallon than the Polo).
While taller, heavier SUVs
do not reach the level of fuel efficiency of smaller vehicles in terms of
miles -
per -
gallon,
more efficient combustion technologies and battery assistance can greatly improve their efficiency, especially the boost of torque from the electric motor helping to get a larger car moving.
Indeed, at $ 25,391
per car, the Altima hybrids cost about $ 1,500
more than the conventional Impala, but it gets about twice as many
miles per gallon as the Impala
does (35 vs. 16), so payback time on the cost difference should be pretty quick (not to mention that if (when?)
This is important because some people don't realize that a car gets
more miles per gallon on a highway than they
do driving a car around towns.