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Chris Tree - 2007-05-18 6:45 AM

Strikes me that cars in the US seem to use significantly more fuel than here in the UK and Europe. Apart from that traditionally American cars are larger, with larger engines, I wonder why that is?
I note a number of Eurpean and Japanese cars posted here and they all seem to have signifinantly less efficient engines than those here in Europe, for instance the Mini, I have freinds with Coopers and Cooper S's and both seem to get between 35-45mpg (the Mini website quotes 48.7mpg) with a varied mix of driving conditions, my Citreon (Diesel) will easily do 55-60mpg.

Do US cars have different spec engines? Or different spec fuel?
The (generally) lower speed limits in the US should promote better efficiency, shouldn't it?


I have a MINI Cooper S and average between 28-30 MPG about half highwayhalf city driving using 93 octane gasoline. I get the best MPG when traveling between 80-85mph on the highway, but that is well above the posted limit . The sperchared model gets signifigantly less than those without. Plus I have a reduction pulley on my supercharger which boosts power, but cost a little more in the fuel consumption department. The desiel model is not offered here in the states.
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