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Old 02-27-2012, 04:24 AM   #6
ChiWRX
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Originally Posted by ocellaris View Post
While I am glad to see new engines, I think that VW 2.5L gets dumped on a lot without a good reason. The EPA number for the 2.5L are mediocre, however I was getting better real world MPG driving a 2.5L 2009 Jetta compared to my 2.0L 2012 Impreza CVT. Same roads, same driving distances. The Jetta was rated 30 MPG highway, the Impreza is rated 36 MPG highway. I had over 120 fill ups tracked on the Jetta so I know what I was getting for MPG in certain months, my shiny new Impreza with 5K miles on it is doing worse. Heck, the Jetta engine was even running at 3K RPM and pumping 5 cylinders just to 70 down the highway, so you figure it should have been burning gas like crazy...

Anyway I think there is a paradigm shift here in the details. The Jetta engine was tuned for real world driving, and a lot of newer cars are tuned to max out the EPA test cycle, because EPA numbers sell cars.

Also i suspect my Impreza MPG will go up a lot in the summer and should pass the Jetta then. But still, for an all new engine smaller engine with much less power in a car that weighs 300 pounds less than the VW, I never considered that my MPG would be worse.
The same story happened with my dad's 2012 Focus. Doesn't achieve it's EPA ratings in the real world.
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