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

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July 28, 2012, 8:41 pm
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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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Elmo P. Shagnasty Contact options for registered users 's Avatar posted on
July 28, 2012, 10:27 pm
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Re: Scion FR-S Manual vs. Automatic: EPA Gas Mileage Estimate Differences

 laminatedlove@gmail.com wrote:


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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