Sentences with phrase «few miles per gallon»

The steer - by - wire Direct Adaptive Steering system boasts good responsiveness be seems to trade fingertip feel for a few miles per gallon worth of efficiency.

Six weeks in physical therapy at $ 600 + / week definitely makes a few miles per gallon mileage difference a non-issue.

However, using this mode cost me a few miles per gallon.

Very few V -6-powered SUVs get so few miles per gallon.

Only a CVT (continuously variable transmission) is available, which helps the luxury compact hit a combined 42 mpg, a few miles per gallon less than the lighter Prius.

It's worth noting, though, that even the 250 - horsepower, 2.0 - liter turbocharged 4 - cylinder edition of the SUV offers just a few miles per gallon less around town.

The extra power of the John Cooper Works Clubman means a loss of a few miles per gallon compared with the Cooper S Clubman, but the EPA rating of 25 mpg city and 33 mpg highway is still good.

Bed covers or tonneau covers are frequently advertised to enrich fuel mileage by a few miles per gallon.

In 2001, European cars of all sorts were getting 7 % fewer miles per gallon on the road than they demonstrated on the dynamometer.

(Automobiles in the U.S., by contrast, currently need only to reach 27.5 miles a gallon by 2010, and even fewer miles per gallon for trucks and sport utility vehicles.

Our tester EX had the manual transmission, which costs $ 650 less, but actually averages three fewer miles per gallon than the CRT.

Ethanol contains 33 percent less energy per gallon than gasoline, so engines fueled with higher ethanol blended gas will attain fewer miles per gallon than those running on conventional gasoline (E10).

Despite this far higher cost, it gets fewer miles per gallon than conventional diesel.

Not exact matches

In the past few years, 40 miles per gallon has emerged as the definitive benchmark number for fuel efficiency.

That shouldn't be too difficult to accomplish, either, as we've seen automakers squeeze a few extra miles per gallon out of existing vehicles with simple enhancements in aerodynamics and five - speed drivetrain gearing.

The same four - cylinder engine is coupled with an electric motor and this combination should gain a few more horsepower and few extra miles per gallon.

The newer engines come with all of the bells and whistles to give you a chance at more miles per gallon while putting out fewer emissions and fewer trips to the garage for costly repairs.

And with a few minor changes, I think the Fiesta may get a 1.6 - liter turbodiesel engine probably by fall 2011 that will push the EPA highway rating into the 51 - 52 miles per US gallon range, using an engine that will meet even the CARB 2009 (EPA Tier 2 Bin 4) emissions standard.

Just a few months before the American version of the Prius was introduced in summer 2000, however, Honda brought us the little, two - seat Insight hybrid, which gets up to 70 miles per gallon.

With few exceptions, the midsized coupe meets contemporary standards of taste and delivers good performance and reasonable mileage (19 miles per gallon city and 28 highway).

The Prius Liftback is the only vehicle available today to offer 50 miles per gallon in combined city / highway driving, a distinction it will give up in a few months.

And thanks to the Golf SportWagen model's ability to attain over 30 miles per gallon on the highway, along with an ample fuel tank, you can travel farther with fewer fill - ups on the way.

And, at an EPA - rated 112 miles per gallon equivalent, it's not only the most energy - efficient of the few electric cars already on sale but also the most energy - efficient U.S. car regardless of fuel.

Where the standard Civic's Econ mode felt like a massive compromise to cheat a few more miles per gallon out of the EPA's test cycle, the Hybrid's Econ mode feels like a tool to use to help stretch the time between fill - ups.

With an EPA - estimated fuel economy of 23 miles per gallon (mpg) in the city and 36 on the highway, the Chrysler 200 will get you where you want to go in comfort and style along with fewer stops to fill up than the comparable Buick Regal's estimated 19 mpg city and 30 highway, or the more expensive Infiniti Q70's 18 city and 25 highway mpg.

It also achieves up to 30 miles per gallon which means even though this is a luxury sedan you won't have to spend a fortune on fueling the tank every few days.

Whether it's just a question of trying to increase your miles per gallon to save a little money at the pump, or working to put as few NOx emissions into the atmosphere as possible, electric and hybrid vehicles can deliver top gas mileage and environmentally - friendly driving.

«Our growth and momentum will continue with the arrival of the all - new 2012 Rio 5 - door in the next few weeks, which will join the Optima Hybrid as Kia's second vehicle to deliver up to 40 miles per gallon while also offering consumers class - leading horsepower and world - class design.

Over the two years and fifty - eight thousand miles we have driven our Outback, we have had an average of 27 miles per gallon, ranging from 23 in the winter (impressive, here in the upper Midwest) to 32 + on a few road trips.

However, Honda and the EPA claim the CR - V gets 20 city mpg and 26 highway mpg in with the 4WD drivetrain, so perhaps there are a few more miles per gallon to be claimed through more economical driving.

Both engines feature direct injection and variable valve timing to help eek out a few more miles per gallon.

And while they already achieve more miles per gallon, the Department of Energy has published a few tips on how to stretch those savings even more.

The similarly equipped Toyota Tacoma I tested a few months back turned in 17.8 miles per gallon, and I took that bad boy on a road trip as well.

The company sad a few years ago it plans to achieve a fleet average of 35 miles per gallon by 2015, five years ahead of the timetable for new fuel economy regulations.

In 2012, the EPA bolstered the standards, requiring all new fleets of vehicles to get 54.5 miles per gallon, on average, by 2025 — a threshold fewer than 4 percent of cars on the road today would meet.