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Old 05-19-2008, 10:28 AM   #25 (permalink)
Michael_S
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Re: Two stories on GM's new small turbo engines

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Originally Posted by eb110americana View Post
That's a useful calculation, but I sure hope it gets better than 37 mpg. The current XFE Cobalt 2.2L (soon to be the standard model) gets 36 mpg hwy, so I would hope a 27.3% decrease in displacement with more low end torque would lead to better than 1 mpg. I'm really hoping they can break the 40mpg US barrier with this engine.
I was guessing a 32 miles per gallon overall average, not just for highway mileage.
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