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Originally Posted by Scruffage
My wife has a Cruze Eco in the manual transmission and it won't get close to 42 mpg on the Hwy. She and I both really like cars features and comfort but I'm very disappointed in th gas mileage. We have made several Hwy trips and it average between 30 and 32 mpg Hwy. Thats terrible as far as I'm concerned. The Saturn we traded in was a 2000 model with over 200,000 miles and it was still getting 36 mpg Hwy miles. She has 15,000 on the Cruze so I feel like that is enough to make a fair assessment. How many miles do you have on the Jetta TDI and what kind of mpg you getting? We actually drove one and considered buying one before we bought the Cruze. The Cruze had a few more bells and whistles so we bought it. I have been wondering if we made a mistake. For the record, I would not buy another Cruze due to the poor MPG.
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What speed are you driving at? Something may be wrong with the car if you are only getting 30mpg on the highway.
There have been multiple reports that the manual ECO can get 50+ mpg if you drive around 50mph or slower. If you're driving 80 or something that might be the issue.
I test drove an Eco for probably 10 miles around town and got 30mpg in stop and go.
My sister has an Eco with the automatic. She really likes it so far. It's the best Cruze to buy IMO because the wheels are very nice plus the extra MPG. I guess I would pick the LTZ over it, but not for the price.