Horsepower increased to 198hp from 175hp, and highway gas mileage improved to 35mpg from 32mpg.
In determining gas mileage for this story, we looked at each nameplate's optimum fuel economy.
The costs of building cars with better gas mileage are a closely held secret.
It's the car I want to drive and it happens to also get great gas mileage.
Gas mileage is a big part of the appeal for both Hyundai and Kia.
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Auto engineers know you don't have to reinvent the wheel to get better gas mileage.
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Next, we examined gas mileage, as reported on the official source for fuel economy, www.fueleconomy.gov.
He also called on Congress to ban incandescent light bulbs and require better gas mileage for cars.
Can General Motors create a hybrid Hummer and exclaim that eight miles per gallon is "Double the gas mileage!"
That is, the figures reported here apply to the combination of specifications that will generate the best gas mileage.
Those are getting scarcer as buyers put a higher priority on gas mileage.
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It dawned on him that with a little aerodynamic tweaking those buses could get a lot better gas mileage.
All -- those cars that help you ride better with gas and keep your mileage low, your gas mileage low.
The used car business is brisk, and the cars that get good gas mileage, the new ones, are definitely selling.
They generally get better gas mileage than their truck-based cousins, though they won't be able to climb a pile of rocks.
"We're measuring the zero-to-60 speed but also the gas mileage, " says Lankford.
You don't need a Toyota Prius hybrid to get good gas mileage.
There was NEVER a time in my Prius when any of the MPG display gauges did NOT state the correct gas mileage.
If anything, adding a turbocharger could produce worse gas mileage, not better.
All-wheel drive usually reduces gas mileage by about 2 mpg while a manual transmission can improve fuel economy by 1 to 2 mpg.
With four new engine choices, the new pickups will get up to 20 percent better gas mileage than the 2010 models, Ford says.
However, I note as large parcels of Germany get spit out the back that the car gets pretty good gas mileage even at max speed.
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As for gas-electric hybrids, the gas mileage you actually get will depend a lot upon how, where, when and how far you drive.
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Green Cars The new "cash for clunkers" law is designed to get Americans to replace old cars with new ones that get better gas mileage.
Whether or not hybrids or cleaner-fuel vehicles are available, choosing a vehicle that gets good gas mileage helps reduce the amount of burned fossil fuels.
In response, Hyundai and Kia are offering to reimburse buyers for the difference between the original estimated gas mileage and the more realistic figures.
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So that means our cars will be getting better gas mileage, saving 1.8 billion barrels of oil over the life of the program -- 1.8 billion.
The redesigned Explorer, with new engines and a more fuel-efficient car chassis rather than a truck platform, promises to deliver a 30% improvement in gas mileage.
If you think about the future of transportation, you might think about cars that get better gas mileage, use alternative fuels or have more passenger comforts.
Efforts to achieve dramatic increases in gas mileage have been stymied over the years and now states that want tighter regulations are trying a new tactic.
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