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by greggyb 3235 days ago
I had the 2012 for a few years. When I was driving 80%+ highway, I would struggle to get below 35MPG or above 42MPG.

On a 50%-50% split, I would be in the mid 30s, usually 36MPG or 37MPG.

When I was 80% city, I would be around 32MPG on average.

That car does not have much low-end torque, so if you accelerate aggressively from stops you can definitely tank the MPG. I didn't see much impact from aggressive acceleration at highway speeds (e.g. going from 30MPH to 70MPH on an on-ramp, or pulling around a slow group of cars going from 45MPH-70+MPH). I did see a lot of impact from flooring it 0-30.

Hope this context is helpful.