Sentences with phrase «fuel economy advantage over»

When it came on the scene in 1973, the Civic had a handling and fuel economy advantage over a lot of its competition.

Like most diesels, it will probably offer a fuel economy advantage over its gasoline counterpart but won't outperform it.

The third precondition: All engines, now offered with a standard 8 - speed automatic transmission — a first in this market segment — demonstrate significant fuel economy advantages over the previous model; in some cases the advantage is far greater than two litres per 100 kilometres.

Not exact matches

The Jaguar V - 6 manages only a small fuel - economy advantage over the» Vette's pushrod V - 8.

It also provides a significant fuel - economy advantage over the larger V - 6: The four - cylinder is EPA - rated at 22/33/26 mpg city / highway / combined, dropping to 22/31/25 mpg for the all - wheel - drive model.

This plays to one of Cadillac's big advantages over its European competitors when it comes to meeting Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards.

He cites the advantages the new Forte has over a small CUV as a large trunk, roomy backseat and good fuel economy.

It's unusual in offering switchable four - wheel drive, which allows it to take advantage of fuel economy savings by using rear - drive mode only, while still being able to grapple over tricky terrain by driving all four wheels on demand.

While the new Prius c is the smallest of Toyota's eight hybrid models, it has many advantages over other small cars, including its available Toyota Safety Sense - C system and remarkable 53 mpg EPA - estimated city fuel economy.

Cadillac makes a big promise in touting a more than twofold increase in fuel economy, but right now that's a hazy claim: Fuel economy estimates aren't yet available for the conventional CT6, and the eventual rating for the plug - in variant will be in MPGe, a testing method which takes maximum advantage of electric - only driving range before switching over to petrol pofuel economy, but right now that's a hazy claim: Fuel economy estimates aren't yet available for the conventional CT6, and the eventual rating for the plug - in variant will be in MPGe, a testing method which takes maximum advantage of electric - only driving range before switching over to petrol poFuel economy estimates aren't yet available for the conventional CT6, and the eventual rating for the plug - in variant will be in MPGe, a testing method which takes maximum advantage of electric - only driving range before switching over to petrol power.

Corvette Racing engineers expect a 3 percent gain in fuel economy over the C6.R which could mean one less pit stop over the course of 24 Hours — a potentially huge advantage.

The Cadillac Twin - Turbo is paired with a high - performance, paddle - shift eight - speed automatic transmission that offers efficiency and performance advantages over a six - speed transmission — including 1.5 % greater fuel economy.

It does improve fuel economy over the comparable gas - only Malibu, but against the best of the competition, eAssist has limited advantages.

Looking at fuel economy and power output numbers, Honda's hybrid system offers little advantage over a high - revving, low - displacement pure gas engine.

While the main idea behind eTorque is to improve fuel economy — giving V8s equipped with the system a 2 mpg advantage over the unaided V8's EPA rating of 17 mpg combined, towing capacity can also improve if the truck is properly spec'd.

â $ œThe unrefined five - cylinder engine lacks punch and doesn't offer a fuel - economy advantage over competing V6s.â $ MSN Auto - ConsumerReports

The LC 500h also has an advantage over most sports cars when it comes to fuel economy.

This possibility gave EPA and CARB the advantage in closed - door negotiations with the auto industry over EPA's greenhouse gas / fuel economy regulations.