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Originally Posted by Xist
My sister and I made a trip to California and back in her husband's new Elantra. I had thought that it was a beautiful car and was surprised that they bought it new for $16,000. We got at least 36 MPG the entire trip, "driving the speed limit." It turns out that is Sister for 4 MPH over, so 79 in a 75.
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Only by excellent luck was I able to buy my auto Elantra with lots of nice options for $15,500, but I did. Elantra is supremely beautiful, but of exceedingly low 131 lbs-ft of torque. Recently, a highway trip & return with travels into a town & a smaller city w/two major cool-downs, but freeway travel limited to GPS:62mph(mostly) to GPS:66-69mph(occasionally), netted a trip computer reading of 43.8 mpg. Your extra speed travels at 79 mph netting 36mpg, shows how the Elantra small torque will kill mpg, despite Elantra being fairly aerodynamic(no mods).