[jblackburn]

The tank in the Cruze is so small and I usually get 30+ MPG, so I haven't really noticed prices going up at the pump. A fillup is usually $25-30 and gets 300-400 miles depending on what I'm doing. I love not thinking about the MPG, and I've definitely stopped driving for gas mileage like I did with the '12 more often.

Part of me wants a larger car with more power sometimes, but I found even going to the 2.0T Fusion after owning a Cruze would be a huge drop in gas mileage that I didn't want. I drove my dad's V6 Jeep around to run some errands (started with 1/4 tank, empty a few hours later) and filled it up...and forgot that a full tank in that thing is dang near $50-60 even with gas on the "cheap" side. That made me rethink getting the little GMC Canyon I've been wanting.

 

[jblackburn]

I'm not going through the trouble.
When I say I hit 50MPG on the instant meter, it is 50+, 55 from time to time, or an occasional 57; it shows 3 to 4 of these readouts, and one drop out to 37 every x-amount of readouts (I think the display refreshes about 1,5 to 2 times a second).
This averages at 50 for me.
My actual MPG is 37, but I am not addressing regular driving, just constant cruising at a fixed speed.
Acceleration also the Elantra wins, as turbo cars often are much more inefficient than NA.
This does not include acceleration, but just keeping it steady.
I'm not here to boast numbers.
It's just that the Elantra is more efficient at speeds of 60+MPH, mostly due to the higher gearing.
Think of it whatever you want.

Hyundai instrument cluster MPG calculations are notoriously inaccurate. They were sued over fudging their EPA ratings as well.

I've rented Elantras that were actually 3-5 MPG worse on gas on road trips than my Gen 2 Cruze. They were the older 1.8 models rather than the 2.0 Atkinson cycle engine though.

https://jalopnik.com/hyundais-mpg-scandal-finally-ends-with-a-41-2-million-1788296156

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