I too, thought the mileage was weak compared to my 14 year old diesel Jetta that easily gets 45mpg and has over 414 000 kms on it (257 000 Miles). However, I've talked to owners at the pumps and they've claimed to get mileage much higher than that, closer to 72mpg.
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The Canadian site specs the gas mileage at 4.2l/100km or about 56.2mpg. http://www.thesmart.ca/index.cfm?id=4904
I too, thought the mileage was weak compared to my 14 year old diesel Jetta that easily gets 45mpg and has over 414 000 kms on it (257 000 Miles). However, I've talked to owners at the pumps and they've claimed to get mileage much higher than that, closer to 72mpg.