Just saw the EPA estimate of 37mpg highway. That's wild, but within the realm of reason for a 1.5L
Just saw the EPA estimate of 37mpg highway. That's wild, but within the realm of reason for a 1.5L
In reply to calteg :
It's not the engine size, it's the chassis shape and size. It will always take a certain amount of fuel to make the power to punch a hole in a 60mph headwind.
In reply to Pete. (l33t FS) :
The best internal combustion engines are only around 20% thermal efficiency. Aero makes a big difference but the engineers have gained, and will continue to gain, a lot on the actual motor efficiency side of the equation too.
The engine in the Corolla has 41% thermal efficiency.
...and engine size is not super critical, except insofar as where it is in the BSFC curve at the required torque output for that speed.
Someone was telling me that a lot of engines have compression ratios 1-2 numbers higher than what is ideal for the rest of the engine with respect to making peak power, because it is more important to bring up efficiency when the engine is running at 5-10% throttle.
If the rear seats fold down and I can get 4 track tires in there I'd seriously consider it. After driving a 120 hp Mini for years this would feel like a rocket.
gbuff said:If the rear seats fold down and I can get 4 track tires in there I'd seriously consider it. After driving a 120 hp Mini for years this would feel like a rocket.
The rear seat in my 10th gen folds down. I'd imagine the new ones are the same. On my longer slower commute, Im getting 42-43 mpg too.
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