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Originally Posted by mjohnson

My 2016 Mazda 3 - the faster one, whatever it's called - gets a lead-footed 34mpg on the cheap gas. It could be faster, but for what speed it has it's fun to drive. Awesome dynamics - it always seems to want to go faster whenever the road curves...

Not a hybrid or a diesel, just a normal car. Four door hatchback manual transmission - as they all should be.

I really don't think you're talking about the fast one which is turbocharged, I believe with 260ish hp. I think there may be an option called Skyactive or something like that in Mazda that mean's you've got the high output motor without being the full on hotrod. Maybe that's the one that you've got.

Originally Posted by aigel

The fastest 3 would be called a Mazdaspeed3 and get in the low 20s on a good day. Ask me how I know. Fuel was not the main expense. Traffic tickets were!

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Yeah, I don't think he's talking about the MS3.

I had a MS miata, which wasn't nearly as crazy as the 3, but I could get 8-10mpg better by changing my driving. I did that once for a week or two as an experiment. It was boring.