Chevy Cruze ECO earns an astounding 42 MPG EPA Highway rating!

[Kal-El]

Originally Posted by andruboz

i imagine they figured out how the epa test worked and did a little magic on the ecm to make sure the turbo is not in play for 85% of the epa driving conditions. if you like hearing the little fan go whiiiiirrrrr, then mileage starts dropping rapidly.



what do you want to bet the starting point was at a much higher elevation than the finish point. you don't get max mpg climbing mountains, but coasting back down them is another story. And of course this is in feb/january when one is running the heater and not the A/C-good for -3mpg on most small cars.



drive that pup like a normal person up around 75mph and tell us what you get..


my last 3 new cars were chevys. [my yaris was used] i want to buy another new chevy for $20k but i want it to be a camaro, not an econobox.

There's no reason to suspect AutoBlog to be manipulating their fuel efficiency. Seems they drove pretty normally. New EPA testing actually tests cars going over the speed limit to calculate the official highway MPG. I believe the old testing simulated 55 MPH resulting in inflated numbers.

I don't know why people are so skeptical about an EPA rating when it seems high. The Eco worked hard for this rating and it is accurate. Just because it beats the Yaris doesn't mean it's illegitimate.

BTW, winter driving results in lower efficiency than cranking the AC in the summer.

Originally Posted by brg88tx

this "review" uses the onboard computer to gauge the mpg??? these things typically overestimate by 2-3 mpg. wouldn't it have been more accurate to manually calculate?

but maybe the goal was not accuracy, but rather a chevy cruze eco infomercial.

I agree they should have manually calculated it. However, Autoblog has no interest in plugging certain models. I see them criticize and praise models from every brand.