MPG showdown #2! Highway loop!
Last time it was a short 100% city loop. This time, a short highway (mostly) loop.
- 23 km / 14 mi. total round trip.
- cold start
- cruise control set at 65 mph / 105 kph on the freeway, 55 mph / 90 kph secondary highway
Route mix:
- 15% city
- 50% freeway (100 km/h = 62 mph limit)
- 35% secondary highway (80 km/h = 50 mph limit)
Results:
Civic hybrid: 38.5 mpg US = 6.1 L/100 km
Mirage sedan: 43.9 mpg US = 5.7 L/100 km
Again, this is completely unscientific.
Yet again, the Mirage is beating its EPA ratings, and the Civic hybrid is falling short of its.
I'm of the opinion that Mitsu played it conservative with the numbers it submitted to the EPA & NRCAN for the Mirage -- both the hatchback's and the sedan's. It's downright easy to beat the official numbers.
Flipside: Honda was taken to court in the U.S. by disgruntled Civic hybrid owners who were having trouble getting close to its rated numbers.
(This is the definition of irony, considering
Mitsu has destroyed billions of dollars of value in the company after it was caught cheating on Japan market fuel economy ratings for years.)