Starting with 2008-model vehicles, the Environmental Protection Agency is revising its tests to better reflect real-world driving conditions. This Kiplinger tool will give you an estimate of what the fuel economy numbers will be for about a thousand 2007 models under the new tests.

City mpg will be reduced by 12%, on average, and highway mileage will shrink by 8%, according to EPA estimates. Gas-electric hybrids and some other high fuel economy vehicles could see even bigger reductions.

Current standards were developed back in the 1970's, when cars and driving styles were far simpler. The new standards factor in higher speeds, stop-and-go driving, more aggressive acceleration, use of air-conditioning and driving in colder temperatures. See how your vehicle will fare:

http://kiplinger.com/tools/gas_mileage/

I read that a while back. i think it is good that they are doing a more real world comparison. My cavalier does better than the sticker claimed.



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1998 Corvette. Some mods.
1992 Typhoon. Lots of mods.
1994 Civic VX 44MPG

Thats actually spot on from what I have been seeing with my new Aura XR

They don't have my car but then again I didn't buy it to save on Gas lol

My 3.4 Camaro gets about.... 10-14 city.... (OUCH) but a good 27-28 highway. I'd save money on gas with an LSx swap....

My cobalt SS pulled about 25 city/highway combined

And my cavy was anywhere inbetween 15-42mpg.... (yes I averaged 42 mpg in my 2.2 OHV, for a half tank... I wanted to see how high I could get it.)


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I calculate mine so I know precisely what MPG I'm getting.

I am lazy and let my car calculate it for me.



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I get close the the rated city mileage in the summer, but nowhere near it in the winter, or on the highway.

Sappy96 wrote:I am lazy and let my car calculate it for me.

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My average, since May 2005, is exactly 23.02 mpg.

That's spot on for the new estimates... but I hardly think my car is anything like what they tested.

Ace140 wrote:My 3.4 Camaro gets about.... 10-14 city.... (OUCH) but a good 27-28 highway. I'd save money on gas with an LSx swap....

My cobalt SS pulled about 25 city/highway combined

And my cavy was anywhere inbetween 15-42mpg.... (yes I averaged 42 mpg in my 2.2 OHV, for a half tank... I wanted to see how high I could get it.)

Be glad you don't have my Camaro, I see maybe 8 in town is my guess, and 20 if I'm lucky on the highway.



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Yep spot on my Toyota Prius Hybrid 51 city 46 hwy i actually get 45.9 as calculated by my car every mile.



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I saw this on Motorweek about 2 months ago when they first reported it. I think it's a good thing that they are finally updating the way they calculate the average miles per gallon for cars. I am regularly beating the estimated miles per gallon rating on my Mustang (last fill up I got 24.5 miles per gallon, highest average has been 27.0 miles per gallon). I'm still getting a better mpg rating than the estimated updated tool on their website, but then again I didn't get a Mustang for an excellent miles per gallon rating...just kinda happened that way.

I wonder how this will effect the sale of hybrids, since they big selling point has been how high mpgs they can acheive.

They didn't have an '06 tC listed, but for '07 they showed 30 mpg hwy, which is pretty close to what I average. I like how they show the highs and lows for each category, but how the schmeg is a Bentley Azure a "subcompact"?

Trans Am:
18.5 MPG combined city/hwy

Cavalier RS 3100
20 MPG combined city/hwy

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I'm guessing they are going by interior space. My car is listed as a subcompact as well although it's larger in size than my Cavalier.

7 mpg in my jeep when I filled up today...

Hah, 28MPG in my 89 Accord when I filled it up today.

372 miles / 9.088 gal of gas = 40.933, or we can safely say 41mpg in the hatch.




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