Though its 37-mpg highway mileage is nice, the Malibu Eco feels a bit sluggish.
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And Fiesta notches only 1mpg more in highway mileage than Focus, 37mpg to 36 mpg.
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Going one step further, the Panamera S gets the same highway mileage and nearly the same city mileage.
When you buy a car, your daily driving routine will determine whether city or highway mileage is more important for you.
You might note, with an eye roll, that the Smart iQ's highway mileage of 37 mpg is bested by many larger cars, including the Chevy Cruze Eco and the VW Jetta Sportwagon diesel (both rated at 42 mpg on the highway).
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These algorithm-driven engine controls allow the LT1 with a valvetrain architecture that dates back to the Eisenhower administration to produce an estimated 450 horsepower and 450 pound-feet of torque, enough to launch the car to 60 mph in less than four seconds, GM promises, while at the same time returning highway mileage of around 28 mpg.
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We ranked the list's vehicles based on what it costs to fuel them per year, according to the EPA. We measured cars by fueling cost because the EPA lists two gas-mileage figures per car, city and highway mileage, and we did not want to make an arbitrary decision about which mileage figure is more important.
Horsepower increased to 198hp from 175hp, and highway gas mileage improved to 35mpg from 32mpg.
Both come with manual or PDK (standard) transmission and get decent mileage on the highway.
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For roughly half the price of the Volt, you can get the Cruze, a car that promises better gas mileage on long highway trips, when both are running on petroleum.
Great mileage on the highway, which is where a diesel excels, and then when you get in the city cycle it'll run on the hybrid battery, which should give you excellent city mileage.
When BMW redesigned its iconic M5 performance sedan in 2012, it replaced the prior generation's ten-cylinder engine with a smaller, turbocharged V-8, making the engine 25% more efficient and boosting mileage to 16 mpg from 13 combined city and highway driving.
The 5.3L EcoTec3 two-wheel-drive mileage compares with 16 in the city and 22 on the highway for the Ford F-150 two-wheel-drive version equipped with an EcoBoost V-6 engine.
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