02-21-2011, 01:10 PM
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Chevrolet Cruze ECO: 58 mpg (US) @ 55 mph
They don't provide enough details to make a judgement on how accurate these figures are, but...
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Driving the Eco: 58 MPG
We were very surprised to see that Chevy's claims are very conservative and that this car can reach a range that is, for a non-hybrid and non-diesel, absolutely ridiculous, in a positive way.
- Our stop-and-go driving gave us 32.3 MPG,
- our suburban driving with a mix of streets ended up at 39.8 MPG.
- Extremely careful cruising on the interstate at exactly 55 MPH resulted in a stunning 57.9 MPG.
- If you take advantage of the slipstream of a semi-truck (which we, of course, do not recommend), you can easily approach 65 MPG.
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Source: Chevy Cruze Eco: 58 MPG, No Hybrid Magic (GM)
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02-21-2011, 02:10 PM
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Also, we're missing important info like ambient conditions (temp, wind).
Traffic conditions: 58 mpg on a busy interstate is easier than on an empty interstate, all else being equal ("Corridor effect").
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02-21-2011, 03:56 PM
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Nice. Looks like some folks were hypermiling, although they didn't use the term. 58 is 38% over 42, which is impressive.
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02-21-2011, 04:41 PM
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That 65mpg achieved while drafting gives a good indication of its aeromodding potential which its tall gearing enables you to take full advantage of.
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02-21-2011, 08:49 PM
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If only my finances could afford the payment. Maybe after deployment. I don't go over 55mph to and from work. It happens to be a 50 mile one way trip to and from work. It would be fantastic to use less than 2 gallons of gas a day!
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02-22-2011, 11:02 AM
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You'd be pretty close to that if you just got a used Civic/Corolla/Fit/Yaris/Echo.
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02-22-2011, 09:26 PM
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The Cruze Eco 6MT is tops on the short list for replacing my Buick in a couple of years. Getting high-40's MPG sounds great to me!
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02-23-2011, 01:56 AM
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The big economic problem is that it'll take a long time to pay off the difference between a used corolla/etc and a new Cruz Eco at ~$200 in savings per year (~12k all highway miles). When they've depreciated a fair bit in 5-10 years, then the higher mileage becomes more prominent, but until then anything that's well broken in and gets above 40mpg tends to be good enough.
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