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Originally Posted by Blue Angel

The first thing this car needs for better fuel economy is a taller top gear (or a 7th gear), not narrower tires... a manual FR-S is only rated at 30 MPG highway, and a Corvette is rated at 26!

A bit more info about that from the Scion website:

MPG[4] (EPA City) (MT/AT) 22 / 25
MPG[4] (EPA Highway) (MT/AT) 30 / 34
MPG[4] (EPA Combined) (MT/AT) 25 / 28

I think they have some AT system that gives better averages than a manual, but I'd like to see an ecodriver's numbers on a manual.

This info is also on the Subaru website.

Also,

Originally Posted by Allch Chcar

You mean the JDM car right? One of the things they cut from the FRS was those belly pans.
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According to the first post there Subaru claims:

no underpanel, no wing: 0.29cd
no underpanel, with wing: 0.28cd
with underpanel, with wing: 0.27cd

That's great! I was wondering if it was worth it to have it removed for greater MPG if I was to get this car, though I think it looks a bit nicer without it.