Sentences with phrase «improvement over the highway»

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While not a vast improvement over the DVD edition, the audio and video transfer of «Lost Highway» is a slightly superior one.

But with a turbo V - 6 replacing the eight, aluminum body and four extra gears in the transmission, it expects an improvement over the old truck's rather marginal 11/16/13 city / highway / combined mpg.

The so - called 9G - Tronic transmission is very eager to upshift on the highway to keep fuel economy numbers high (Mercedes expects a 20 percent improvement over the GLK), but there's plenty of low - end torque in every gear to keep the GLC on the move.

During the trek to New York, deputy editor Joe DeMatio commended the highway ride quality and overall comfort of the Grand Cherokee and also noted the rear - seat legroom, which is «a big improvement over the last Grand Cherokee.»

The hybrid driveline does boost EPA figures to 27/32 mpg (city / highway), which is a sizable improvement over the 18/26 rating affixed to a standard M37.

Announced during the recent 2015 North American International Auto Show, the ’15 Ram 1500 EcoDiesel HFE will deliver the 29 - mpg highway rating, a 1 - mpg (0.4 km / L) improvement over the standard model 1500 with an EcoDiesel mill.

Standard on the 2011 Touareg is VW's gasoline 3.6 - liter V - 6, which produces 280 horsepower and 265 pound - feet of torque and returns 16 city and 23 highway mpg, an improvement over the outgoing model's 14/19 city / highway mpg.

Although Audi has not released fuel economy information, expect a big improvement over the outgoing 2013 A3 TDI hatch, which achieved up to 30/42 mpg (city / highway) with the dual - clutch transmission and front - wheel drive.

Other gasoline - only powered Civic sedans and coupes get 39 mpg ‑ US (6.0 L / 100 km; 47 mpg ‑ imp) in highway tests, an improvement of 3 mpg ‑ US (3.6 mpg ‑ imp) over previous generation, and 28 mpg ‑ US (8.4 L / 100 km; 34 mpg ‑ imp) for city driving.

That's a nearly 25 percent fuel - economy improvement over Lincoln C's fuel - sipping C - car cousin, the Ford Focus, which currently delivers unsurpassed highway fuel economy in its segment when equipped with a 2.0 - liter naturally aspirated engine.

The Civic hybrid, with a larger 1.5 - liter i - VTEC engine that produces 90 horsepower and 97 pound - feet of torque [14] and a lithium - ion battery, is rated at 44 mpg ‑ US (5.3 L / 100 km; 53 mpg ‑ imp) in combined city and highway EPA test cycle, an improvement of 3 mpg ‑ US (3.6 mpg ‑ imp) over the previous generation hybrid.

Those numbers are a significant improvement over the base supercharged V - 6 gas engine's 17 mpg city and 23 mpg highway figures.

In terms of fuel consumption, the combination of improved aerodynamics, more efficient powertrains, and the adoption of electric power steering yield a respectable 21/28 city / highway mpg score for manual transmission models, representing a sizable improvement over the previous model's somewhat dismal 19/25 rating.

EPA - estimated fuel economy ratings are 22 mpg city / 33 mpg highway / 26 mpg combined — an improvement of 8 percent for combined mpg over the previous V6.

All 2014 Odyssey models offer EPA fuel economy ratings of 19MPG in the city and 28MPG on the highway, which is an improvement over prior models.

Fuel economy is rated at 33 mph highway for front - wheel drive models, which is an 18 percent improvement over last year.

We understand that mileage varies so we're keeping the EPA's 35 city and 40 highway mpg in mind for scoring, but seeing is believing, and at an observed 32 mpg for the Optima Hybrid, we didn't see much of an improvement over the Optima EX with the 2.4 - liter GDI engine.

It uses cylinder deactivation to save fuel when appropriate, which helps it achieve its fuel economy ratings of 18 miles per gallon city and 25 mpg highway (an improvement over the 2016 model's 16/23 city / highway rating).

Ford says the downsized EcoBoost engine delivers a 23 - percent improvement in fuel economy over the outgoing truck's 6.2 - liter behemoth, with an EPA - verified 15 mpg city, 18 mpg highway, 16 combined.

The V6 turbo - diesel with EPA estimated fuel of 22 - mpg city; 28 - mpg highway has a whopping 32 percent improvement over the V6 gasoline powertrain.

That's about a 40 percent improvement in the city and a 5 percent improvement on the highway over the gas - powered Hemi model.

This is one fine car to drive for comfort and handling.From the very nice seating to the fine quiet ride, the limited Elantra is always an enjoyable ride, on city streets or highway driving, its a great enjoyable ride.The gas mileage is 25 city 39 highway and very good performance.Very quiet and a very solid feel over all kinds of roads.Visibility and safety are great and the radio really sounds high end.There is a roomy and comfortable rear seat thats easy getting in and out.Steering is also an improvement over earlier models which gives me a confident feel.Overall for the class I think this car ranks right at the top.

«Altima is also the mid-size sedan with the greatest improvement in fuel economy over the last decade, going from 29 mpg highway to 39 mpg.»

The highway runs revealed a marginal improvement over the outgoing Elite i20 of similar spec (13.41 kmpl city / 22.33 kmpl highway vs 13.3 kmpl city / 21.2 kmpl highway).

In fact, the manual's EPA ratings of 25 mpg city, 33 mpg highway and 28 mpg combined all represent 1 - mpg improvements over a DSG - equipped GTI.

• 19 mpg city / 30 highway with six - speed automatic transmission, up from 16 mpg city / 24 highway on the 2010 model with automatic — a 25 percent improvement over 2010

However, the Town learned that it was no longer allowed to use these funds for park improvements Cutting of the grass on the Town Common, Town Hall and various grassed traffic islands, which was also administered by Price, was taken over by the Highway Department.