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Old 10-23-2014, 05:24 PM   #41 (permalink)
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And does Mazda favour the automatic with lower top gear RPM vs. your manual, as always seems to be the case these days?

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Old 10-23-2014, 05:31 PM   #42 (permalink)
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Not as badly as some. According to Cmpg's reviews:

CX-5:
Calculated RPM@ 60 mph (MT/AT): 2,264/1,960

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6-speed MT: 2,054 RPM / 6-speed AT: 1,688 RPM
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Old 10-23-2014, 07:02 PM   #43 (permalink)
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The manual is running at 120% the speed of the AT model. That sucks. The cruze eco has the MT trim with a 15% taller 6th gear vs the AT model.
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Old 10-23-2014, 08:32 PM   #44 (permalink)
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jcp: someone in that thread replied "too bad the comparison wasn't against a state-of-the-art automatic."

I've done that too. The lower rated 5-speed still won out (though not by as much):

Gas mileage/MPG test: 2014 Mirage CVT vs. 5-speed (sub/urban Ottawa route) - MirageForum.com
Very perceptive. They were right, of course, but not as right as they think. Real world vs EPA is a different story as we all know.
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Old 10-24-2014, 09:38 AM   #45 (permalink)
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I've said all along that I'd gladly give a gear up to make 6th lower rpm. That being said, I don't think I'd have the torque at 1800 that I have at say 2400 to be able to overcome drag at the speeds I run on the highway unless I had way more aero mods. Once I'm over 60 mph its very difficult to get decent mileage on level ground. For its size the engine makes a lot of torque in the 15-2500 range its just so miserly for the vehicle that its in that its difficult to appreciate it.
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Old 10-24-2014, 10:00 AM   #46 (permalink)
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I thought the Proteges were geared up too much, back in the day, when I was looking for my 323 replacement. Now I'm making peace with the fact that I'm not maxing out my load when I'm at 2500 rpm and I can still make up for the frictional losses by using everything I learned here. Also, the technique that the Circumcizers used in the Audi challenge has worked for me as well. By getting up to speed and lifting and reapplying the throttle perodically as I slowly loose speed I can find several additional mpg showing on the instant readout that seem to play out in savings over the whole tank.
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This question has come up a lot: How efficient is a CVT/MT? Why do some CVT cars have better EPA mpg ratings than their MT counterparts?
Since i've looked into this in the past, it's better to link direct sources than to respond from memory. I'm not an expert, these are my general observations...

Transmission type Efficiency
Manual neutral engine off.100% @∞MPG <----- Fun Fact.
Manual 1:1 gear ratio .......98%
Manual other gear ratios .96-97%
CVT toroidal ......................93%
CVT belt ............................88%
Automatic .........................86%

http://docs.google.com/viewer?url=ht...20To%20CVT.pdf

If a CVT can be up to 8% less efficient than a MT, why doesn't a car with a CVT get 8% worse fuel economy?

From a mathematical viewpoint, a transmission is only one component of many that determines overall efficiency. BSFC Engine thermal efficiency% X Trans efficiency% X Rolling resistance% X Friction etc etc. All of these eat at the fraction of how efficient the engine is. For example MT vs CVT at 35% engine efficiency: (.96 x .35) - (.88 x .35) = 0.028 , Or you lose 2.8% overall efficiency MT vs CVT in this instance.

On page 34 of this link, you can see a CVT can cherry pick the best BSFC curve for efficiency. Sometimes at the expense of torque or power.
https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=h...pdf?1363999370

Many Manual Transmissions are geared for low end acceleration, NOT efficiency. Many don't have a tall enough top gear for decent highway cruising; going a couple hundred rpm over what you would want it to. Not to mention a proper overdrive gear for efficiency.

People are stupid! A CVT will seamlessly lower an engines rpm at any road speed. Giving better mpg and lower emmisions. And there have been vast improvements in CVT efficiency lately which go unreported as proprietary information from automakers.

All this leads to more MPG's from a less efficient transmission. A couple less horsepower lost, a second less to 60mph, and 50 more lbs.
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Transmission type Efficiency
Manual neutral engine off.100% @MPG <----- Fun Fact.
Manual 1:1 gear ratio .......98%
CVT belt ............................88%
Automatic .........................86%

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Not as badly as some. According to Cmpg's reviews:

CX-5:
Calculated RPM@ 60 mph (MT/AT): 2,264/1,960

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6-speed MT: 2,054 RPM / 6-speed AT: 1,688 RPM
The CX-5 has a lot of drag though. The mpg they wrung out of that thing is incredible. Everyone with a CR-V or RAV4 I've asked said they get low 20s mpg.
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Old 10-27-2014, 11:03 AM   #49 (permalink)
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I've wondered if you can do a 6th gear swap like a 5th gear swap that's popular on the VW TDIs without removing the trans since I don't have a lot of tire choices to get a gearing change. I have wheel covers and CX-5s have an 90% belly pan stock which helps some I guess. My next ecomods will be rear skirts (since the back wells look to parachute) and side mirrors (they are almost usless anyway). The hatch area has such compound curves its going to be a bear to figure out a tapered departure and still be usable. I may tackle the last 10% around the muffler as well if I can find a decent way to attach a pan back there.
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Have a beautiful 2013 auto Elantra & now a beautiful 2016 manual Elantra, both with EPA 38mpg highway.....demoted from 40mpg after all the leadfooters complained. Piloted the 2013 auto to 39mpg average calculated mpg with 15% city driving, with highs of 43mpg with more highway driving(tho no long highway drives). Mostly, my wife loves & drives the 2016 manual to work in much more city driving & stop&go traffic, so its mpg can't be compared accurately to the 2013. However, the manual has gotten a number of 40+mpg tanks with occasionally less city driving & a long trip to the ocean & back with stops for pix & beach walking, hilly travel away from the ocean & some stop&go I-5 traffic, got 46mpg. All in all, the auto & manual seem to give ~ the same mpg under similar, feather footing conditions. I love them both.
Had a 2007 Dodge Caliber, which was OK, but I adored the CVT tranny. EPA rated at 27mpg, I averaged 31(calculated) with highs of 37mpg(better than the smaller engined Caliber manual tranny). But the Caliber was outside of warranty, was decreasing in value, any future repair to the CVT was going to be expensive......&.....the Elantra was beautiful, sweet, long warranteed.....did I say beautiful.......

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