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The size of the car does play a part in the mpg your car can get, because the bigger the car, the more drag produced when the wind hits the car. The bigger the car, the more surface area, so more gas is needed to push the car against the wind. The size of the car does play a big part in affecting your miles per gallon of your car. To answer the question about the size of the cars engine: Yes, but not always in the way you might expect. Other things being equal, a larger engine can consume more fuel and produce more power. Sometimes though, that can increase miles per gallon. If an engine is undersized for the car, it can spend a lot of time with the throttle near wide open or at high RPM, as though always accelerating, and run very inefficiently. The larger engine might move the car with more ease and thus spend more time at lower RPM and with less throttle. There can be a point of diminishing returns as the larger engine is expending more power just to move its own extra weight. And engines of the same size (displacement) might due to design differences differ considerably in weight and efficiency.
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Why do British diesel cars get more miles per gallon?
They are smaller and weight less.
How far can a car travel with a million gallons of gas?
It depends on the milage of the car. For example, if you had a car that got 20 miles to the gallon you would travel 20,000,000 miles. However, most cars would not have any engine powerful enough to move at all if weighed down by a million gallons of gas.
Amy drove her car 241 miles the car used 8.07 gallons of gasoline on the drive estimate the cars gasoline mileage in miles per gallon?
Estimate 30 mpg
Why do you get many more miles to the gallon of gas when you do not use your cars air conditioner?
The air conditioner requires power. Power comes from the engine which burns gas. So not only are you powering the vehicle down the road, you are powering the air conditioning unit also.
How many miles per gallon does a hybrid run on?
Unfortunately, one hybrid does not represent the entire line of models. Each make of a company's hybrid uses more or less miles per gallon than the next one, such as for regular cars. You'll have to be more specific as to which hybrid.
What are the mILES PER GALLON for various classic cars?
That all depends on the engine in the vehicle, muscle cars got about 9 to 12 MPG.
What do Chevrolet Tahoe cars drive upon?
The Chevrolet Tahoe boasts a gas efficient V8 engine which gets a total of fifteen miles per gallon in the city and twenty-one miles per gallon on the highway.
What cars have the best miles per gallon?
hyundi
With an 18 gallon tank how many miles can you go?
This obviously will depend on the mileage per gallon that the engine will consume. Take cars for example. A Bugatti Veyron at full speed covers 3.5 miles per gallon what would give you an autonomy of about 63 miles with an 18 gallon tank. Smart (Mercedes micro car) with Diesel engine makes 48 mpg what would give 864 miles with the 18 ga tank.
Of all the registered cars in the United States what is the average Miles per gallon?
The average miles per gallon of new vehicles in the United States is 25.4 miles per gallon. Older cars and heavy trucks can be much less efficient and are not commonly factored into the annual statistics. The 2016 goal is to have all cars on US roads to be at or above 35.5 miles per gallon.
How many miles per gallon do hydrogen cars get?
About 150
Where can one find a place to buy Eclipse cars?
One can buy Eclipse cars from Carmax, Cars, Edmunds, and Cars Direct. Eclipse is Mitsubishi, and boasts 20 miles per gallon in a city and 25 miles per gallon on the highway.
How many miles per gallon does the Honda crv get in city driving?
The Honda CRV can get 23 miles per gallon city and 31 miles per gallon highway. The specific miles per gallon will depend on the cars condition.
How far can a car travel on 1 gallon of gasoline?
It depends on the vehicle. Some cars get ten miles per gallon, some get fifty plus miles to the gallon.
How much diesel would it take to travel 230 miles?
It depends on your cars miles per gallon It is impossible to say without knowing the engine used and the load carried. Also do you mean road miles, miles at sea, air miles etc.
What are considered the best mpg cars?
Breaking down the best cars in terms of miles per gallon is probably best done by putting them into three categories: Gasoline, hybrid, and luxury. For cars that run on gasoline engines, the best fuel economy comes from the Scion iQ, which gets 37 miles per gallon. The best hybrid is the Toyota Prius Hybrid, which gets 50 miles per gallon. And in terms of luxury cars, the Lexus CT 200h gets about 41.5 miles per gallon combined.
What kind of gas milage do hybrid cars get?
There are many different hybrid cars on the market today. Most hybrid cars range from 30 to 60 miles per gallon. The miles per gallon can also vary depending on location and the types of roads you are driving on.
