Unladen, the EPA's
fuel economy estimates call for standard - length, two - wheel - drive models to net 16 miles per gallon city and 22 highway, with long - wheelbase, four - wheel - drive models like ours achieving 14 mpg city and 20 highway.
Not exact matches
Since all automakers test
fuel economy internally in order to submit
estimates to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the mistake was related to an error in Ford's own testing, specifically centered on a variable
called Total Road Load Horsepower (TRLHP).
For what Infiniti
calls a hybrid performance sedan,
fuel economy isn't terrible either at an
estimated 25/30/27 mpg (city / hwy / combined).
Even if you tread lightly, this Scion's
fuel economy metrics are merely mid-pack, with EPA
estimates calling for 28 mpg city, 37 highway and 32 combined (I managed to slightly best the latter in mixed driving).