What cars are you comparing? Could you be more specific about the models?
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Originally Posted by Ankleface
I have a very small and light car with a tiny non-turbo 3-cyl DOHC indirect injection engine using throttle-by-wire and a 5-speed manual trans.
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Some folks tend to believe displacement alone plays a major role in fuel savings regardless of other factors such as gear ratio, ignoring how a shorter gearing and a much higher revving on cruise speed can render a small car fairly thirsty on highway.
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I used to easily get 10 MPG over the window sticker fuel economy on a slightly larger 4-cyl 5-speed manual that I used to drive in a different rural+city mixed driving route.
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How larger was the displacement of the 4-cyl engine?