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Originally Posted by FRiSson
If you look at Fuelly, the web's largest collection of user-generated real-world MPG statistics, you will find the following:
- The FR-S gets roughly 10% better MPG than competitors running non-turbocharged 4-cylinder engines of roughly the same size. E.G.: GTI, C30.
- It gets MPG that is only about 10% worse than its most fuel-efficient competitors running engines of the same size. E.G.: Focus, Elantra, Rio, Cruze, Mazda3. But these engines offer less power.
- It gets roughly the same MPG as the historically most fuel-efficient hot-hatch, the Civic SI as well as the smaller, lighter MX-5 Miata.
That makes the FR-S fuel-efficient by almost any standard. |
Thanks for compiling this information! There's a difference between EPA ratings, which are obtained systematically through a set of well-defined tests, and actual real-world experience. Anyone care to dig up the EPA numbers for the above cars? It would be interesting to compare.