Scion FR-S Manual vs. Automatic: EPA Gas Mileage Estimate Differences

I noticed that the manual FR-S is estimated at 22 city / 30 hwy miles per gallon here in the U.S. By contrast the automatic is 25 city / 34 hwy!! Why the huge difference? If anything, manual cars usually get better gas mileage. What's the deal?!

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laminatedlove
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For many MANY years now, automatics have gotten better fuel economy.

The way of the world is automatic transmissions; you'll be hard pressed to find a manual transmission pretty soon, and it'll be only at a premium price. Anyway, with that in mind, automatics are getting huge attention in engineering and are benefiting from all the computer control.

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Elmo P. Shagnasty

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