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Originally Posted by FenwickHockey65
Smaller cars end up getting worse FE simply due to aerodynamics. There isn't enough car to diffuse the turbulence or something like that. There was an article in Popular Mechanics a few months ago with the Spark explaining this.
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I guarantee that that 67hp 1.0L and 80hp 1.2L would be screaming bloody murder at highway speed. A car running at 3,500 RPM vs 2,500 RPM is going to go through more fuel. Yes aerodynamics do make a difference but so does how the car operates. Case and point the time I drafted a mid-size car from Phoenix to Quartzsite for 137 miles. I averaged 47.1 MPG that trip vs the standard of usually 38 to 41 MPG. Just a matter of aerodynamics, but that said the I10 is 75 MPH. I can get 42 to 44 MPG on the US60 going 65 MPH instead.
