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Originally Posted by blackmercedes
8.9L/100kms in combined freeway and stop and go driving. That is 27USMPG. The little aspro four can get shockingly good mileage when combined with the five speed and a light foot.
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Mine is the 5-speed automatic (1997 was the first year for that, I believe?). If yours is a manual, that might account for some or all of the difference between what several of you are seeing and what I'm getting.
Otherwise, well, it's about a 10% difference -- not too bad, and there could be some other factors in the mix. I tend to leave the windows rolled part way down in moderate weather when I'm not on the highway, creating drag, and I sometimes downshift to 4th gear when I'm about to climb even a moderate ramp. (Hey, it's fun! I even flicked down to 3rd yesterday on a bridge access ramp. Thirty-five hundred rpm, and woo-hoo! Smooth and, as Michael said, relatively powerful.)
The compact Benz impresses me more every day.