2015 Mirage fuel economy ratings revised in Canada
Mitsu Canada's glory days of advertising the "64 mpg Mirage" are finished.
For the 2015 model year, manufacturers are now using NRCAN's more stringent (realistic) fuel economy testing, which are equivalent to the "5-cycle" method the EPA uses in the United States.
Despite the revisions, the car remains the most efficient conventional gasoline-powered (non-hybrid) car available.
Here's how the numbers have changed:
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2014
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2014
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2015+
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2015+ |
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Mirage ES/SE
1.2 L, 5-speed manual |
Mirage ES/SE
1.2 L, CVT automatic |
Mirage ES/SE
1.2 L, 5-speed manual |
Mirage ES/SE
1.2 L, CVT automatic |
City |
5.9 L/100 km
48 mpg (Imp)
39.9 mpg (US)
17 km/L |
5.3 L/100 km
53 mpg (Imp)
44.4 mpg (US)
18.9 km/L |
7.0 L/100 km
40 mpg (Imp)
34 mpg (US)
14.3 km/L |
6.4 L/100 km
37 mpg (US)
44 mpg (Imp)
15.6 km/L |
Highway |
4.6 L/100 km
61 mpg (Imp)
51 mpg (US)
15.7 km/L |
4.4 L/100 km
64 mpg (Imp)
53.5 mpg (US)
22.7 km/L |
5.5 L/100 km
52 mpg (Imp)
43 mpg (US)
18.2 km/L |
5.3 L/100 km
53 mpg (Imp)
44 mpg (US)
18.9 km/L |
Combined |
5.3 L/100 km
53 mpg (Imp)
44.4 mpg (US)
18.9 km/L |
4.9 L/100 km
58 mpg (Imp)
48 mpg (US)
20.4 km/L |
6.4 L/100 km
44 mpg (Imp)
37 mpg (US)
15.7 km/L |
5.9 L/100 km
48 mpg (Imp)
40 mpg (US)
17 km/L |
The end result: the 2015 car's city/hwy ratings are now nearly identical to the U.S. cars, and the "combined" rating is the same (probably rounding explains the slight differences).
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View my fuel log 2014 Mirage ES 1.2 manual: 63.2 mpg (US) ... 26.9 km/L ... 3.7 L/100 km ... 75.9 mpg (Imp)