loveslexus

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325cic with 19" wheels, automatic, tuned up and low miles, 16mpg combined with only using chevron plus gas. This is straight off the cars trip computer.

To the OP asking about the NSX; it was a full Comptec car, so cams, port/polish, valves, springs, headers, exhaust, intake, gears, diff, brakes, etc.

GoodRevs

My 93 Seville gets 24mpg on the highway. Thats an 18 year old car with a 4.9L V8 weighing in at almost 2 tons with 275lbs of torque. I'd say that's pretty damn good.

Of course, it gets around 12-14mpg in the city

loveslexus

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Thats the thing, I had a 2004 cadillac deville for a bit and on a trip to CA it got 26 mpg. Drove it a week around the house/work and got combined 14mpg :-(

RX_330

I think that's your problem right there.

RXSF

I think you would benefit most from a hybrid

Jetfire

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lexus HB gets pretty good fuel economy. 100 miles per gastrointestinal refill.

cjf_moraga

I can get up to 21 mpg out of my V12 S600 on sustained freeway journeys... Thats about as far as I can push it but it is not that bad for a 510 hp 5,100 pound vehicle. Combined town and freeway is more in the 15-17 mpg range.

I drive carefully and am not heavy footed. The lowest I have ever "attained" is 9 mpg in endless stop go traffic going up a steep hill.

Chris

LexFather

Chris, I love V-12s, I am not some greenie cause I drive a hybrid sometimes.
Your MPG is incredible on the highway. My post was in reference that hybrids are silly for luxury brands, which I disagree with. We both know there is a market for I-4, hybrids, V-8s, V-12s, and now V-12 turbos

Fizzboy7

The IS250 or A4 2.0T are the cars to have if you want some luxury and good mileage. Anything faster and you are either going to pay for it or lose the MPG's.
Driving habits and how you describe them vary greatly from person to person and that is a big factor with the numbers.
I've found over the years there are ways to get what the EPA advertises. Looking ahead one block and pre-determining what the signal color will be is one way to save on gas. There are more techniques, but no one is going to want to drive like that, especially an enthusiast.

spwolf

HS250h ;-).

In Winter, my GS350 AWD averages 11 MPG. I kicked 3G Prius's butt around the city, accel/brake, accel/brake, and got 40 MPG. Would probably get 8 MPG in my GS... And Prius has pretty darn good low speed acceleration, i was not missing anything ;-). Well, except those huge GS leather wrapped armchairs ;-).


Apperantly new Lexus hybrid hatch is coming out this year in Europe... Toyota european boss quoted it and facelifted Auris as stars of renewed push in Europe for 2010.

Och

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Something is wrong with your SC430 then. My GS430 gets around 14-16 city, but on the highway it easily returns 30mpg.

The G Man

If its all stop and go traffic, then you should really get a Hybrid like the Lexus HS.

JessePS

HS250h should be averaging 50 mpg but its 33 mpg. Not sure why Lexus would do something like that or it might be Toyota own fault for not allowing Lexus to have similar specs as the SAI

The HS250h would probably have been the first luxury hybrid with the best mpg.

bitkahuna

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+1. loveslexus you answered your own question, it's stop and go driving that kill mpg. your best bet is a hybrid, like an HS250h (if you can stomach the looks ).

also, you've owned sporty cars for no reason if you can never drive them faster.

joe80

Genesis Sedan v6 18/27 290hp
Genesis Sedan v8 17/25 385hp (got 10hp boost for 2010)


but of course, it's just a Hyundai.