If you drive a sporty car at moderate speeds at low RPM in top gear you can get decent fuel economy!
Who'd a thunk it?
(Or maybe they pulse & glided the **** out of it. Who knows?)
2015 Subaru BRZ offers huge surprise in mpg marathon - Torque News
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Now in its 14th year, MPG Marathon is a two day [330 mile / 531 km] event organized by Fleet World magazine in the UK, and is a live demonstration of how both car and driver can make a massive difference to fuel costs and emissions.
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The BRZ is rated 36.2 mpg (Imperial) on the Euro cycle, which is 30 mpg US / 7.9 L/100 km.
The drivers squeezed out 55.42 mpg (Imp) = 46.1 mpg US = 5.1 L/100 km. Good enough for 2nd place overall in the "% over official rating" category:
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This surprised and impressed the judges at the UK event. The Ford Fiesta ST-3 1.6 EcoBoost SCTi came in first, the Ford Focus ST-3 2.0T finished in third place.
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Of course, the top 3 MPG numbers were in cars we don't get on this side of the ditch:
- Honda Civic Tourer 1.6 I"DTEC Man = 97.9 MPG (Imp)
- Ford Fiesta 1.6TDCi Titanium Econetic = 97.1 MPG
- Citroen C4 Cactus - Blue Hdi 100 Feel = 95 MPG
All subcompact diesels, of course!