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Originally Posted by Stew

I don't get how it is not fuel efficient, it gets 30/38 with the Manual transmission, that is more than any Fiesta without the SFE package, the Honda Fit, the TOyota Yaris, the Cruze (the ONLY exception being the Eco WITH the manual transmission), the mini Cooper, The Ford Focus without the SFE package, more than likely the 1.8 Sonic, , the same city MPG and only 2 less highway MPG than the new direct injected 1.6 Hyundai Accent and Kia Rio, (Same with the Elantra, but it gets 1 more MPG city). The Abartha is supposed to get around the same as the basic 500 too. Oh, the 2 seater, way less powerful and smaller Smart with that annoying transmission and way too high price is only rated at 33/42 MPG.

You're forgetting that half the cars you listed are much larger than the 500