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Originally Posted by basjoos
The Chevy Cruze comes with a either a 6 speed manual or a 6 speed dual clutch automatic, both with the same gear ratios and the manual gets 4 mpg better city and 1 mpg better highway mileage. From your description above, the dual clutch automatic goes into 6 gear engine braking whenever you let up on the throttle rather than the no drag freewheel that's available with just the touch of the clutch pedal on the manual. And with freewheel easily tapped, it is a lot easier to hypermile your way to even greater mileages than the EPA stickers would show. They've sold a lot of manual Cruzes overseas, so it must be enjoyable to drive.
I have very tall gears on my manual Honda Civic CX and manual Ford F150 and have no problems or frustration driving them.
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Acording to Chevy site the Cruze LS (1.8L ) 6 speed manual gets 26/36mpg and the Cruze LT, LTZ with 6 speed DC auto gets 24/36 but have turbo 1.4L engines with fatter TQ #'s