Sentences with phrase «get more miles per gallon»

And while buying a more efficient car might be an option for some, new and used cars that get more miles per gallon tend to be more in demand — and more expensive — when prices are high.

Increases fuel economy by optimzing your engine's oil system functions to get more miles per gallon.

It improves fuel economy by increasing the efficiency of your engine's oil system and get more miles per gallon.

The fact of the matter is, if you do rotate your tires regularly — every 3,000 to 5,000 miles — you'll get more miles per gallon, and more miles out of your tires.

Drivers who are interested in getting more miles per gallon than the Escape's three gasoline engine options should look to the new C - Max Hybrid and Energi to fill that need.

This is important because some people don't realize that a car gets more miles per gallon on a highway than they do driving a car around towns.

Not exact matches

Standard buses today get about 2 - 4 miles per gallon, but Proterra says its buses get more than 20 miles per gallon, allegedly saving transit operators about $ 50,000 of fuel per year.

FUEL ECONOMY - Diesels can get up to 30 percent more miles per gallon of fuel than similar gas powered cars and can be more economical than gasoline - electric hybrids.

Building a car that gets more than 100 miles per gallon does not require wild new technology, judging from the results of the Progressive Insurance Automotive X Prize.

CORNWALL, N.Y. — It can fit into the tiniest of legal parking spots — and do so with minimum maneuvering.It gets 29 miles per gallon in the city and 36 miles per gallon on the... Read more

The introduction of a more fuel - efficient truck — the Colorado can get about three more miles a gallon than Chevy's most fuel - efficient full - size Silverado — would also be beneficial to Ford as it and other automakers try to achieve a federally mandated lineup average of 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025.

The four - speed automatic has been replaced with a six - speed and despite the bigger engine and more power engineers were still able to get one more mile per gallon for all the models.

My model takes diesel, and while it gets great gas mileage at 5 years old and 60K miles, diesel can sometimes be harder to find and is a little more expensive per gallon.

More specifically, the new Ford Focus lineup can get you up to 30 miles per gallon in the city and 42 miles per gallon on the highway, while the new Toyota Corolla lineup can get you up to 30 miles per gallon in the city and 40 miles per gallon on the highway.

And while the new Chevy Traverse can get up to one more mile per gallon in the city, that's not enough to actually make a difference at the pump.

Both the 2018 Ford Focus lineup and the 2018 Honda Civic lineup can get up to 42 miles per gallon on the highway, while the new Civic lineup can get a mere two more miles per gallon in the city than the new Focus lineup.

I'd like a little bit more power, but the CVT and powerplant work well together, getting an EPA fuel rating of 33 miles per gallon in the city, an excellent score for an all - wheel drive small SUV.

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.

Because diesel is up to 30 percent more efficient than gasoline engines, you can bet that the Mercedes - Benz Sprinter will get significantly better miles - per - gallon than its gasoline competitors and save you money.

Just take out the stock NiMH battery and swap it out for a LiIon battery (or just add more batteries and plug - in capability) and this big Tahoe could easily get 55 miles per gallon.

All that and more, plus a look at how Ford managed to get the Fusion hybrid to deliver 41 miles per gallon.

You'll have to push the pedal a bit further than you would in normal mode to get the sedan to accelerate, but the result should be more consistent cruising speeds and a bump in miles per gallon.

Let's be clear: the Cadillac Escalade Hybrid is nearly 17 feet long, weighs more than three tons and gets an EPA fuel economy rating in the low 20 miles per gallon.

I obtained a 2016 Chevy Malibu hybrid in May 2016 because the hybrid model had enough total horse power to drive up hills without slowing and still get more than 40 miles per gallon.

You can get even more fun out of the 184 - hp s Grand Touring trim, but your highway fuel mileage falls to 35 miles per gallon.

It also shaves off more than 650 pounds — a full load of four 165 pound passengers — from the VW's curb weight, meaning it gets within two miles per gallon of the TDI.

I don't know how they did it, but this car has ten more hp than my»11 Max, but gets nearly five miles per gallon better gas mileage.

When we first bought it we got 55 miles per gallon and not that has dipped to about 46 miles per gallon but we live in a more hilly location now which uses the engine more than prior when we lived on a flat desert.

The 4 cylinder engine gets twenty five miles per gallon on the highway and five hundred and twelve total miles between fill - ups and the V6 gets exactly the same fuel efficiency so we would have to say it is a no - brainer on which engine to choose for more power and thrust.

A family - size sedan that gets about 30 miles per gallon more than the smallest coupe on the road?Sounds like a car to dream about.

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.

Newsweek noted the «Pacer's primary competitive drawback is gasoline mileage: AMC offers only six - cylinder engines and the car gets only 18 miles per gallon in city and suburban driving vs. 23 mpg or more for some four - cylinder competitors.»

That's not to say that the Festiva is perfect - it isn't - but even if you loaded it with every option available you'd have a hard time spending more than $ 10,000 and you'd get about 38 miles per gallon.

The heart of both cars is the superlative, Japanese - made, 1.6 - liter, 16 - valve engine, which spins eagerly and pops out 102 horsepower economically, getting more than 30 miles per gallon.

«The more I pay, the more I feel attached to it,» said Takahashi, who is six years younger than her car and already has plunked down $ 2,000 for repairs in the two years she has owned it.The relic gets as little as 5 miles per gallon in a nation where gasoline costs at least $ 3.50.

The 2016 Chevy Malibu gets an EPA estimated 22 miles per gallon in the city and an EPA estimate 33 miles per gallon on the highway — both of which are more miles per gallon than the Toyota Camry achieves.

And when it comes to highway fuel economy, the new GMC Terrain gets only two more miles per gallon than the new Ford Edge.

Our six favorite fuel - sippers for 2013 get more than 30 miles per gallon in combined city and highway driving yet cost no more than $ 20,020.

There's some movement toward more efficient cars, if you can call GM's announcement of an SUV that gets 21 miles per gallon movement.

One is a report on the Wheels blog by my friend Jim Motavalli about the possible rebirth of the «air car,» a vehicle that runs on compressed air and a small amount of fuel to run a heater that boosts its range (it is said to get the equivalent of more than 100 miles per gallon when you account for the energy it takes to compress the air).

Plug - ins can get 100 miles per gallon or more but, unlike EVs, can always be refueled with gasoline if need be.

«I've gotten anywhere from 65 to over 100 miles per gallon,» said Mr. Gremban, an engineer at CalCars, a small nonprofit group based in Palo Alto, Calif.... And EnergyCS, a small company that has collaborated with CalCars, has modified another Prius with more sophisticated batteries; they claim their Prius gets up to 180 m.p.g. and can travel more than 30 miles on battery power.

And with the results in, our plug - ins did great, with the Priuses getting more than 90 miles per gallon.

While taller, heavier SUVs do not reach the level of fuel efficiency of smaller vehicles in terms of miles - per - gallon, more efficient combustion technologies and battery assistance can greatly improve their efficiency, especially the boost of torque from the electric motor helping to get a larger car moving.

We've had X Prizes for repeatable space flight and vehicles that get more than 100 miles per gallon.

Okay... so as to not confuse you any more than you might already be, Energy CS» plug - in Toyota Prius gets between 120 - 180 miles per gallon equivalent for the first 50 - 60 miles of the day.

Indeed, Obama is combining the corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standard with California's new emissions law — and the result is great news: cars will be 30 percent more efficient by 2016, as all cars sold then must get 42 miles per gallon.

Indeed, at $ 25,391 per car, the Altima hybrids cost about $ 1,500 more than the conventional Impala, but it gets about twice as many miles per gallon as the Impala does (35 vs. 16), so payback time on the cost difference should be pretty quick (not to mention that if (when?)

And he's walking back clean car standards aimed at reducing carbon emissions and getting our families more miles per gallon on the road.

That's why these vehicles get up to 60 miles per gallon and are more environmentally friendly.