[obermd]

Interesting. I'm not sure how MT decided the Mazda came out ahead of the ECO MT. I haven't had any issues with steering responsiveness or tracking. I did note the "theoretical mpg" chart is a little low for the Cruze ECO MT, but it's definitely close and tracked very closely with what I found last week while driving between my home and Ft Morgan, CO. Once again I wonder how the EPA estimate of 42 Highway can be valid, given that MT came up with 42 MPG going 30 MPH faster than the EPA's test assumption of 45 MPH.

 

[obermd]

And, again, the EPA test does NOT measure actual fuel use.

And therein lies the fundamental flaw with the EPA testing. You CANNOT get accurate MPG readings unless you measure actual fuel used.

 

[obermd]

...what? you don't like that Japanese 'Cheshire-cat'-grinning grill (wink,wink)?

I've always felt it was more of a "S**t eating grin" grill. Either way it's uuuuuggggglllllyyyy.

 

[obermd]

I just checked the results of the poll in the article. The Cruze ECO MT is second to the VW Jetta TDI for most preferred car in the article. The Mazda 3 (MT's editor's choice) is fourth. There are almost 8,000 votes, which gives a large enough sample size of people interested in high mileage to provide meaningful results in the poll.