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brucepick · 01-24-2013, 09:35 PM

Haven't seen the OP in this thread since last August but anyway...

I just looked up the '06 Forenza on the EPA's fuel economy site. Stone Axe reported getting 20-22 mpg in city driving.

EPA estimates are 19 City, 22 combined, and 27 Highway mpg. So even with A/C and frequent idling, he was doing better than EPA back in August. Of course that doesn't increase his actual mpg. He was hoping for better.

Wagons will nearly always have a reduced mpg vs sedans/coupes due to the poorer aerodynamics of the boxy wagon shape. The '06 sedan version was rated 28 mpg highway with the other ratings being the same.

01-24-2013, 09:35 PM	#8 (permalink)
brucepick OCD Master EcoModder Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Eastern CT, USA Posts: 1,936 Outasight - '00 Honda Insight Team Honda Gen-1 Insights 90 day: 54.18 mpg (US) Thanks: 431 Thanked 396 Times in 264 Posts	Haven't seen the OP in this thread since last August but anyway... I just looked up the '06 Forenza on the EPA's fuel economy site. Stone Axe reported getting 20-22 mpg in city driving. EPA estimates are 19 City, 22 combined, and 27 Highway mpg. So even with A/C and frequent idling, he was doing better than EPA back in August. Of course that doesn't increase his actual mpg. He was hoping for better. Wagons will nearly always have a reduced mpg vs sedans/coupes due to the poorer aerodynamics of the boxy wagon shape. The '06 sedan version was rated 28 mpg highway with the other ratings being the same. __________________ Coast long and prosper. Driving '00 Honda Insight, acquired Feb 2016.