Ford Fiesta vs. Yaris

[aclark246]

When my girlfriend bought her yaris about 3 years ago when they first came to the states I remember seeing something like 40 mpg highway on the window sticker. Now with the EPA actually testing it the highway is something like 35 mpg. I'm not knocking the Fiesta, a high FE car is a high FE car, I'm just saying that when it comes out we will see how it really stands up to the yaris in terms of the mpg's. Like previously mentioned, they can say anything they want about its FE for publicity since it is not out yet.

If it does get better EPA Fuel Economy than the yaris then that would be awesome. I get 40+ in my yaris (yearly avg.) so it would be cool to see what I could get in higher EPA rated car. I just wish they would bring the Civic VX back, I've heard legendary stories about them in the 90s (I'm only 19.)

[Yaris Hilton]

Originally Posted by aclark246

When my girlfriend bought her yaris about 3 years ago when they first came to the states I remember seeing something like 40 mpg highway on the window sticker. Now with the EPA actually testing it the highway is something like 35 mpg.

They were actually tested before, and they're actually tested now. The EPA's driving test cycles (which are actually done on a dynamometer) changed for the 2008 model year. Lower mileage figures resulted. The aim of the revised test procedures was to give mileage estimates that better reflected numbers that average drivers were achieving. The Yaris didn't change when its posted mileage estimates went down. Just the test.

[aclark246]

Originally Posted by Yaris Hilton

They were actually tested before, and they're actually tested now. The EPA's driving test cycles (which are actually done on a dynamometer) changed for the 2008 model year. Lower mileage figures resulted. The aim of the revised test procedures was to give mileage estimates that better reflected numbers that average drivers were achieving. The Yaris didn't change when its posted mileage estimates went down. Just the test.

OHHHHH, I was under the impression that the old EPA tests were just numbers plugged in to some machine/computer or something. (You can see I'm ignorant to a lot of this stuff.) I knew the car didn't change and that it was just the tests changing, but I thought the new EPA tests were actual tests as opposed to calculations. My bad

The same goes for the e10 mixture which I also don't know much about.

Regardless, removing that misinformed point from my previous statement, I think I'm doing fine with my Yaris in the FE department but it is cool that another FE car is being added to the fleet. I just hope it is as good as we all hope.

[Yaris Hilton]

What you're probably thinking of is that the fuel consumption is actually calculated from the measured output of fuel products such as carbon dioxide. Seems backward, but if anyone's seen the clever ways some of those NASCAR mechanics have hidden extra fuel in cars they'll understand why it's done that way.

[twowheels]

Originally Posted by aclark246

Now with the EPA actually testing it the highway is something like 35 mpg.

Do you actually think that's why it went down? You do realize that they changed their method of calculation and all cars went down, right?