Driving the Aveo on the highway

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#11 of 12 Re: Aveo vs. Smart car? [poncho167] by richard1haines May 16, 2008 (3:12 pm)
Replying to: poncho167 (May 15, 2008 5:51 pm) You say that there are a number of larger cars in the USA that get as good fuel consumption as the smart? The new generation of diesel vehicles equipped with advanced technology such as the common rail diesel cdi engines provides an improvement of approximatively 40% in fuel consumption when compared to gasoline engines. The smart fortwo's fuel consumption is rated at 4.2 litres/ 100km for combined highway and city driving (highway: 3.8 litres/100 km, city: 4.6 litres/100 km). The new CDI smart car goes on sale as a 2009 model in Canada later this year. The combined fuel mileage for city/hwy is about 70 MPG (imperial gallon). I think there are no fuel powered cars in the USA that can even get close to that! The current smart car in USA and Canada gets an average combined fuel consumption rating of 5.6 litres/100km of travel. I don't believe there are any cars for sale in both USA/Canada that match that. My aveo sedan uses an average of about 7.6litres per 100km for combined driving which is almost double the fuel a new smart CDI would use! Replies to this message: poncho167 (May 17, 2008 4:20 am)
#12 of 12 Re: Aveo vs. Smart car? [richard1haines] by poncho167 May 17, 2008 (4:20 am)
Replying to: richard1haines (May 16, 2008 3:12 pm) The Smart diesel is not available here in the states. The gas aspirated diesel Smart estimated economy is 30 city 40 highway. There are a number of cars that can do that or pretty close to it. The hybrids definately can. The Smart would be a great car in the inner cities like Chicago, New York, Montreal, Toronto, etc., for parking.

#11 of 12: Re: Aveo vs. Smart car? [poncho167] by richard1haines; May 16, 2008 (3:12 pm)

Replying to: poncho167 (May 15, 2008 5:51 pm)

You say that there are a number of larger cars in the USA that get as good fuel consumption as the smart?

The new generation of diesel vehicles equipped with advanced technology such as the common rail diesel cdi engines provides an improvement of approximatively 40% in fuel consumption when compared to gasoline engines. The smart fortwo's fuel consumption is rated at 4.2 litres/ 100km for combined highway and city driving (highway: 3.8 litres/100 km, city: 4.6 litres/100 km).

The new CDI smart car goes on sale as a 2009 model in Canada later this year. The combined fuel mileage for city/hwy is about 70 MPG (imperial gallon). I think there are no fuel powered cars in the USA that can even get close to that!

The current smart car in USA and Canada gets an average combined fuel consumption rating of 5.6 litres/100km of travel. I don't believe there are any cars for sale in both USA/Canada that match that.

My aveo sedan uses an average of about 7.6litres per 100km for combined driving which is almost double the fuel a new smart CDI would use!

poncho167 (May 17, 2008 4:20 am)

#12 of 12: Re: Aveo vs. Smart car? [richard1haines] by poncho167; May 17, 2008 (4:20 am)

Replying to: richard1haines (May 16, 2008 3:12 pm)

The Smart diesel is not available here in the states. The gas aspirated diesel Smart estimated economy is 30 city 40 highway. There are a number of cars that can do that or pretty close to it. The hybrids definately can.

The Smart would be a great car in the inner cities like Chicago, New York, Montreal, Toronto, etc., for parking.