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Originally Posted by Diseasel300
Except I have the 4-banger, not the 3.5L V6 in your link. It routinely returns 34-35mpg on the highway, upper 30s with ethanol-free gas.
Modern diesels are so much more fuel efficient than anything else out there, but the emissions systems are their achilles' heel. Like everything else, that should evolve over time into a more durable system too. Bad press like the VW emissions-defeat scandal certainly doesn't help their market either.
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Sorry, assumed that based on your reference to cyl deactivation which was only v6s.
I imagine that if you are returning higher mpgs than rated (31) on the 4cyl you'd probably be able to easily strike over 40 in the cruze with a bigger sample and getting a chance to drive it farther than 150 miles. Fwiw the fusion I referenced in my first post hit 49.6 (so close!) Over 500 miles. Start stop obviously doesn't have any effect on highway mileage.
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