The most efficient Cruze model, the Eco, uses a 138-horsepower, turbocharged, four-cylinder engine and a manual, six-speed transmission to achieve an EPA rating of 28 mpg city, 42 highway.

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The car has a V8 engine, five-speed manual transmission and 102, 755 miles on the odometer.

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I'm rather looking forward to driving the car with the hot little turbo engine and six-speed manual.

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For example, your casual email conversation about a Homeaway.com rental will probably confuse Worldmate's processing engine, again forcing a manual entry.

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The Electric Defender test vehicles swap the 2.2-liter, four-cylinder diesel engine and six-speed manual gearbox of the regular Defender 110 for a 70-kilowatt electric motor that puts out the equivalent of 94 horsepower and 243 foot-pounds of torque.

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Mechanisation, from the steam engine onwards, lightened the load of manual labour, creating jobs and wealth.

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The Gran Turismo should get about what a standard 3-series gets: up to 36 mpg on the highway with a manual transmission and a four-cylinder engine and 33 mpg on the highway with the six cylinder motor and automatic transmission.

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As such, it's a lot like driving a manual transmission stuck in second gear and using engine braking to slow down.

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