@@alanslicegarcia5066 Sonata nline has a 16gal tank. And the sonata does not have the handling characteristics of the Elantra n. Sonata nline has an open diff. Which means it won’t hook well from a dig or handle well in the corners compared to n. So yea nah. Sonata is def a good cruiser. But the Elantra n is a great COMPACT sports sedan
To be fair, this isn't the most efficient 2 liter from Hyundai, it doesn't have the smartstream thing and is the bigger Theta II instead of the more efficient Nu. It's also a really good performer, so you can't complain about 30 ish mpg.
@aluisious ones built for efficiency (nu) and ones built for performance (theta II), they can push much more power through the theta without resigning a bunch of stuff, making the cars cheaper to buy
The DCT EN gets insane gas mileage when cruising at about 80-85 due to the 8 speed in ECO mode, I have personally gotten 48 MPG over just about 500 miles of all highway in ECO at those speeds. These cars suffer so bad in less than 60 MPH drives.
It's much much more likely you miscalculated, than avged 48mpg at 80+mph. It's literally not possible. And what do you mean suffer under 60mph? Every mph over 60 is hurting your mpg. City isn't lower bc it's slower, it's lower bc it's less consistent.
@@fj06carnoneI can promise you I calculated it out correctly using my actual distance traveled and then dividing it by the amount of fuel put into my car, these cars are much more efficient running at 2-2,350 RPM as well
Your "3 click method" is just pushing fuel into the EVAP system of all these cars you don't own. If you're using the same pump each time, 1 click should be enough.
I disagree. An errant splash or bubble could cause the pump to shut off early on one of the fills. I'm much more concerned about consistency than the small chance that the vehicle, which exists explicitly for testing purposes, sees an EVAP issue. If it were really that terrible for the car, there would be a warning on the filler cap. But realistically, general public are going to do this and worse to their vehicles regularly.
Nice, but you won't get anywhere near that if you're driving it hard haha. I had a 24 hour test drive on an elantra n manual from carmax - put just shy of 150 miles on it. I drove it like I stole it the whole time, but I went through a whole tank of gas and then some in that time lol.
I still find it odd that my 3.5L V6 Accord from 2014 gets the same fuel economy (or slightly better) then a 2.0 turbo. Except I can go way further on a tank (17.2 gallons).
Mostly comes down to 2 things transmission and differential. Sporty cars have shorter gears and diffs for a "more" sporty feel. Take the Sonata N Line, bigger engine with more power and it gets 4 to 5 mpg more.
276 hp sports car getting 30 mpg. Can’t complain with that.
The sonata with 311 hp gets a bit better. 34 MPG for a bigger more comfy car.
@@alanslicegarcia5066 Sonata nline has a 16gal tank. And the sonata does not have the handling characteristics of the Elantra n. Sonata nline has an open diff. Which means it won’t hook well from a dig or handle well in the corners compared to n. So yea nah. Sonata is def a good cruiser. But the Elantra n is a great COMPACT sports sedan
@@alanslicegarcia5066 bigger, more comfy but a lot less sporty
@@alanslicegarcia5066 sonata n like is a dog in the corners compared to this
I like that you do a tach shot!
It would be interesting to see more MPG tests like this with older cars too.
4:00 that blind Merc backing up probably cost you 0.1mpg.
Hey, will you test the volvo ex30 harman kardon?
this thing did worse than the X3 M40i you tested... pretty crazy for a car with over 100hp more power and 1200lbs heavier
Charlie, Did you say 53 degrees? 🥶🥶
Don't worry, things have been heating up around SoCal lately
@@DailyMotorOof 😂
That's about the same as I get on my Kia Stinger GT. I get about 29, but I'm sure if I drove the ideal speed, I could kiss 30
My 25 N DCT said I was getting 37mpg ended up meting 34.6mpg
To be fair, this isn't the most efficient 2 liter from Hyundai, it doesn't have the smartstream thing and is the bigger Theta II instead of the more efficient Nu. It's also a really good performer, so you can't complain about 30 ish mpg.
How do you figure a 2 liter Theta is bigger than a 2 liter Nu.
@aluisious ones built for efficiency (nu) and ones built for performance (theta II), they can push much more power through the theta without resigning a bunch of stuff, making the cars cheaper to buy
The DCT EN gets insane gas mileage when cruising at about 80-85 due to the 8 speed in ECO mode, I have personally gotten 48 MPG over just about 500 miles of all highway in ECO at those speeds. These cars suffer so bad in less than 60 MPH drives.
It's much much more likely you miscalculated, than avged 48mpg at 80+mph. It's literally not possible. And what do you mean suffer under 60mph? Every mph over 60 is hurting your mpg. City isn't lower bc it's slower, it's lower bc it's less consistent.
@@fj06carnoneI can promise you I calculated it out correctly using my actual distance traveled and then dividing it by the amount of fuel put into my car, these cars are much more efficient running at 2-2,350 RPM as well
Your "3 click method" is just pushing fuel into the EVAP system of all these cars you don't own. If you're using the same pump each time, 1 click should be enough.
I disagree. An errant splash or bubble could cause the pump to shut off early on one of the fills. I'm much more concerned about consistency than the small chance that the vehicle, which exists explicitly for testing purposes, sees an EVAP issue. If it were really that terrible for the car, there would be a warning on the filler cap. But realistically, general public are going to do this and worse to their vehicles regularly.
Red trim is a Cop Magnet.
I drive around and next to cops daily with dark tint and N mode popping and banging and have yet to be pulled over 🤣
Nice, but you won't get anywhere near that if you're driving it hard haha. I had a 24 hour test drive on an elantra n manual from carmax - put just shy of 150 miles on it. I drove it like I stole it the whole time, but I went through a whole tank of gas and then some in that time lol.
Did you have a 24h test drive, or did you buy then return the car?
@aluisious 24 hr test drive
I still find it odd that my 3.5L V6 Accord from 2014 gets the same fuel economy (or slightly better) then a 2.0 turbo. Except I can go way further on a tank (17.2 gallons).
Mostly comes down to 2 things transmission and differential. Sporty cars have shorter gears and diffs for a "more" sporty feel. Take the Sonata N Line, bigger engine with more power and it gets 4 to 5 mpg more.
@@alanslicegarcia5066 It's also compression ratio and other factors influencing thermal efficiency, as well as tires.