It’s a lot bigger than the mirage. 21” longer and 5” wider and about 1k pounds heavier with twice the power. I don’t like the outlander due to direct injection. The sport isn’t DI. And gets at least 5mpg more
Thats why I said hatchback, not subcompact. Mirage is on the smaller side.
It too bad the Sport can’t hit 40 MPG. I really like that car. Idk if 35 MPG is even realistic with 4 extra PSI on all tyres.
Interestingly speaking, the Mazda CX-5 (compact SUV) from 2013-2016 model year did offer with a manual transmission, capable of reaching 35 MPG HWY which is fascinating! 155 HP at 6,000 RPM and curb weight is 3,000 pounds.
I've managed 35mpg in my Sport a time or two. For the most part my highway mpg's seems to vary between 32-34mpg. With a 16.6 gallon tank it has some good range. If you click at my fuelly link for my OS you can look at my lifetime average over 60k miles.
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View my fuel log 2015 Mirage ES 1.2 automatic: 40.5 mpg (US) ... 17.2 km/L ... 5.8 L/100 km ... 48.6 mpg (Imp)