The EPA has announced fuel economy ratings for the 2013 Chevrolet Spark, just as the new affordable small car is starting to show up on dealer lots. Powered by an 83-horsepower, 1.2-liter four-cylinder engine, the 2013 Spark gets 32/38 mpg city/highway with a five-speed manual transmission. Those estimates drop to 28/37 mpg city/highway with the optional four-speed automatic.
Chevrolet cites subcompact cars like the 2012 Fiat 500, Smart ForTwo and Scion iQ as the Spark ...
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2013 Chevrolet Spark Rated At 32/38 MPG
The EPA has announced fuel economy ratings for the 2013 Chevrolet Spark, just as the new affordable small car is starting to show up on dealer lots. Powered by an 83-horsepower, 1.2-liter four-cylinder engine, the 2013 Spark gets 32/38 mpg city/highway with a five-speed manual transmission. Those estimates drop to 28/37 mpg city/highway with the optional four-speed automatic.
Chevrolet cites subcompact cars like the 2012 Fiat 500, Smart ForTwo and Scion iQ as the Spark ...
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2013 Ford C-MAX Energi Range Announced
Ford announced Friday that its 2013 Ford C-MAX Energi, a plug-in hybrid car, will have a battery-only range of “more than 20 miles” and a total range of 550 miles.
The 2013 C-MAX Energi’s battery-only range is longer than that of its closest competitor, the 2012 Toyota Prius Plug-in, which can drive for 11 miles on electric power and 540 miles on combined gas and electric power, according to the EPA. The 2013 Chevrolet Volt’s total range of ...
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Audi Confirms Diesel Q5 for 2014
Audi of America Product and Motorsports Communications Manager Mark Dahncke confirmed that the turbodiesel V6 will be available in the 2014 Audi Q5 for the U.S. market. The 3.0-liter turbodiesel V6 engine will be added to the 2014 Q5’s engine lineup, joining the 2013 model’s 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder, supercharged 3.0-liter V6 gas engine and hybrid 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine.
Audi says in a statement that the Q5’s new TDI diesel engine will ...
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EPA Rates 2013 Cadillac ATS
The EPA has released fuel economy figures for the all-new 2013 Cadillac ATS, but only for one of its three powertrains. The base 202-horsepower, 2.5-liter inline four-cylinder engine with a six-speed automatic transmission averages 22/33 mpg city/highway.
The ATS offers two powertrain upgrades. The first is a turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine that makes 272 horsepower and is mated to either a six-speed automatic or manual transmission. The other option is a 321-horspeower, 3.6-liter V6 engine ...
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2013 Ford Taurus EcoBoosted to 32 MPG Highway
The 2013 Ford Taurus offers more than just refreshed exterior styling. Ford has added an optional 2.0-liter, turbocharged four-cylinder EcoBoost engine to the Taurus lineup for 2013, and the automaker states in a press release that the Taurus is EPA-certified at 32 mpg on the highway with that engine.
Ford has not provided estimates for city fuel economy, and data on the 2013 Taurus is not yet available on the EPA website. However, Ford says that the Taurus 2 ...
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