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Originally Posted by brillo
Seems like real world fuel economy for the manual BRZ is well ahead of the EPA highway estimates from what I read at 30+mpg. How is that possible? I mean a small beat is not impossible but 4-5mpg seems like a lot. Obviously a good thing but trying to figure what the EPA test isn’t capturing.
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It’s just the testing procedure the EPA uses. One specific cycle has some hard acceleration and goes up to 80 mph if I’m not mistaken and others cruise at 60 or so.
These are hard tests for a car with only 6 gears and a short final drive ratio and are likely why the numbers aren’t equivalent to the real world. There’s a reason all manufacturers have turned to transmissions with tons of gears, tiny turbo motors, or some combination of both.