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I recently went with my brother in law from Surrey to Osoyoos and back in his 2011 Mitsubishi Lancer 2.0L CVT. I was actually quite impressed how "eco-minded" the transmission is. From a stop, maintaining 1500 rpm actually had the car accelerating at a decent clip. Plus, top "gear" was super tall - like 2000 rpm @ 120 km/h. For a 2.0L in a car that size, that seemed ridiculous to me, but whenever more power was needed it quickly "ratioed up" as needed.
Admittedly, most time was spend between 120-140 km/h on super steep, long grades, so disclosing a fuel mileage figure would be moot, but I believe it was in the high 8s (L/100 km) when we were almost home.
But I do think a 6+ speed auto shifting manual is a better solution. I guess it comes down to price....but then why can Ford do it in the Fiesta?
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