Sentences with phrase «fuel economy penalty»

Other notable benefits of the V6 are smoother and quieter operation and minimal fuel economy penalty.

Traditionally, when adding all - wheel - drive capability to a vehicle, it results in an automatic one to three mile per gallon fuel economy penalty.

Buyers just need to ask themselves whether this justifies the price and fuel economy penalty of choosing the auto.

Granted, there is a slight fuel economy penalty (the 2015 Q3 Quattro is rated at roughly the same in the city and 0.7 L / 100 km more on the highway).

Sport trim bumps power up to 189 hp and 182 lb - ft of torque with no significant fuel economy penalty.

Subaru offers the Outback with a 2.5 - liter H4 and CVT in addition to this six - cylinder model, and while the six delivers nice torque and an extra dose of smoothness, it's not worth the extra $ 2,200 and 5 mpg city / hwy fuel economy penalty over the flat - four.

The great thing about the E250 is that you can have a heavy foot with minimal fuel economy penalty.

There is usually a cost premium associated with all - wheel drive, and almost always a fuel economy penalty as well.

The Q70L, however, is a no - brainer at $ 1500 more the standard Q70 (with either the V - 6 or the V - 8), adding only 140 pounds and suffering no fuel economy penalty.

So for each car listed, we've indicated the extra cost of the all - wheel - drive option, or the cost differential compared with the equivalent two - wheel - drive model, as well as its EPA gas mileage ratings, and the fuel economy penalty versus the two - wheel - drive version of the same car.

While the power from the 5.6 - liter V - 8 is nice, the fuel economy penalty you'll pay for it is not.

The addition of all - wheel - drive is a bonus not just for bad weather but for drivability as well; too bad it extracts a fuel economy penalty in highway driving.

«I'm sure there would be some type of aerodynamic upset, resulting in a fuel economy penalty, but I would ditch the lower valance.

We did note that the fuel economy penalty from our nearly identically equipped 2005 H3 with the 225hp version of the I - 5 and a five - speed manual to our 2008 Alpha was less than 1.5 mpg over the course of a year, a number that could be reduced through the use of GM's six - speed automatic transmission, but also a trade - off we'd gladly accept to live with the V - 8 version day in and day out.

For less than $ 2,000 — including all - wheel drive — and with barely any fuel economy penalty, it's nearly impossible to argue against getting it.

There's not much of a fuel economy penalty for opting for AWD.

Happily, the fuel economy penalty is small.

More horsepower, and more torque, without a big weight or fuel economy penalty.

Interestingly, the automatic transmission doesn't come with a fuel economy penalty; it's 22 city and 28 highway mpg, regardless of configuration.

The chairtopper creates a lot of drag and a fuel economy penalty.

Happily, the fuel economy penalty is small for the V8s.

Rather than feeling like a hybrid the Insight just feels like a vehicle with a larger displacement engine, but without the fuel economy penalty.

That's a pretty generous amount of power for this class, and it essentially comes without a fuel economy penalty.

Though the compacts may have nearly as much interior room, the midsizers are just nicer in every way with practically no fuel economy penalty.

Regarding E85, only about 6 percent of the vehicles on the road can use it and the customers have largely rejected that fuel, primarily because of cost, primarily because of the fuel economy penalty of that fuel.