U.S: 2014 Mitsubishi Mirage 5-speed manual mileage/MPG

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When the U.S. Mirage was unveiled last month at the N.Y. auto show, the company gave mileage estimates only for the CVT version of the car.

We now have estimates for the 5-speed car too:

Mirage 1.2L, 5-speed manual	Mirage 1.2L, CVT automatic
OUR PREDICTION: 34 (33.5) mpg (US) city OFFICIAL EPA: 34 mpg city OUR PREDICTION: 43 (42.6) mpg (US) highway OFFICIAL EPA: 42 mpg highway OUR PREDICTION: 38 (37.6) mpg (US) combined OFFICIAL EPA: 37 mpg combined	EPA: 37 mpg (US) city EPA:44 mpg (US) highway EPA:40 mpg (US) combined

UPDATE, Aug 19th - official 5MT ratings released, see post #3 below.

If these numbers receive the official EPA stamp, that means both the automatic (CVT) and manual versions of the Mirage have higher combined mileage than the previous best non-hybrid available (the Scion/Toyota iQ).

How did we get the 5-speed numbers?

With today's news about the fuel economy ratings for the Canadian Mirage, we have the projected NRCAN (Natural Resources CANada) ratings for both transmissions. And while the final numbers produced using Canada's test procedures can't be directly converted to U.S. EPA results, the percent difference between automatic and manual transmissions is consistent under both testing systems (based on cars in the same class).

In Canada, the ratings for both transmissions are:

Mirage 1.2L, 5-speed manual	Mirage 1.2L, CVT automatic	5-spd % of CVT value
48 mpg (Imperial) city 62 mpg (Imperial) highway	53 mpg (Imperial) city 64 mpg (Imperial) highway	90.6% 96.9%

We applied the % difference to the U.S. CVT ratings to get the U.S. 5-speed ratings. This formula is accurate for other similar cars (e.g. Chevy Spark, Mazda 2), verified against their published EPA values.

SEE ALSO: Thread: Speed vs. mileage/fuel economy chart - Mirage 1.2L 5-spd