In keeping with its industry - leading fuel efficiency status, Hyundai achieved a corporate average
fuel economy level of 37.0 MPG (28.5 MPG label value) in May, while selling 25,614 vehicles (38 percent of total sales) with 40 MPG window label highway fuel economy ratings.
The transmission is significantly more efficient than traditional torque - converter automatics, resulting
in fuel economy levels and CO2 emissions which are very close to those achieved with a manual gearbox.
Mazda's 2007 «Sustainable Zoom - Zoom» commitment is to reduce overall average
fuel economy levels by 30 percent by 2015 when compared with 2008 levels, and the Mazda SKY - G * 1 gasoline and SKY - D * 1 diesel engine concepts will play a significant part in achieving this ambitious target.
Unlike the Toyota Prius, a runaway hit because it strikes the right balance between practicality, adequate performance and superior fuel efficiency, Honda erred with the Accord Hybrid by falling below hybrid -
level fuel economy levels and with the Insight because of impracticality.
You can download a PDF of the analysis (GM and Ford Investment Plans and California Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards) but here are the key points: GM Fuel Economy For Car Fleet = 37.3 MPG If GM meets its planned 2012
fleet fuel economy levels of 37.3 mpg for new cars and 27.5 mpg for light trucks, the projected greenhouse gas emissions would comply with a national version of the California GHG emissions standards.
What really matters in the life of the 2013 Chevrolet Cruze is
the fuel economy levels it can manage.
Fuel economy levels are commendable and performance and handling are superb for the class.
A shame, then, that
fuel economy levels aren't top - of - the - class.