chevy cobalt 37 mpg

[SeaYa]

Originally Posted by Woody_Woodchuck

Before I decided on a Yaris I wondered about the real life mpg’s folks were getting versus the EPA estimates. In my internet investigations the Yaris’ real life mpg’s beat all the other smaller economy class vehicles. And it beat the EPA estimates more than the other new vehicles like the Aveo, Smart and Cobalt.

Was it that folks who bought them tried harder to get better mileage or was it just more capable of better mileage?

Cobalt may have 37 hwy, but it also has as low as 25 city. Since real life MPG's will be a blend of both city and hwy it makes sense that (with identical drivers doing 50/50 city/hwy) the Yaris with 29/36 (for 09) would average slightly better than 33 the Cobalt with 25/37.