Originally Posted by lostJR
, 280 hp engine, 31 mpg on the highway. How do they do that? There are a lot of smaller 4 cylinder cars that won't match that.
There are? The only car with a naturally aspirated 4 cylinder engine that will do worse, to my knowledge, is the Scion tC.
The trick is a 5 speed automatic transmission, improved technology, and a higher compression ratio which results in a premium fuel requirement.