Gas prices are over $4 a gallon in some places in the country, so everyone is finally demanding more fuel efficient models. Couple that with the Bush administration announcement a few days ago about the new fuel economy standards. Now automakers are trying to figure out creative ways to squeeze out even better fuel efficient models. Chevy is hoping to capture some of these fuel-economy minded consumers with an updated Cobalt.
Chevy has done some updates to the current Cobalt in order to improve its fuel economy and to make it the most fuel-efficient model in its class. Chevy re-calibrated the engine, added tires with lower rolling resistance, and probably also tweaked the gearing of the manual transmission to improve the Cobalt’s highway mpg to 36 mpg up from 31 mpg. The automatic equipped Cobalt is stuck with the 31 miles per gallon.
The fuel mileage improvement comes standard on the LS and 1LT models. These models will also be fitted with an “XFE” badge that stands for (E)Xtra Fuel Economy.
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