eros:

V6 Engines consumes less fuel on the highway and more fuel within the city and thats a fact. A V6 engine is a semi performance car and can never disappoint if you handle it very well on the highway.

Wallie:

Don't be quick to make bold assertions about something you don't fully understand.

2012 Honda Accord
3.5L[b] V6 engine[/b]
Automatic transmission
Up to 20 cty/30 hwy mpg

2012 Honda Accord
2.4L 4-cyl. engine
Automatic transmission
Up to 23 cty/34 hwy mpg

V6 semi-performance engine? The only real advantage of a V6 is that it will usually have more torque than a 4-cylinder equivalent, which means that the V6 will have more get up-and-go power. Torque is what moves the car. But having a V6 also means that the engine will weigh more which negates the get up-and-go power.

You can usually counter a V6 by force inducing a 4 cylinder engine by turbo or supercharging but that also comes at a cost - lag (time between pressing the gas and the car actually moving).

eros:


Noted. But like you rightly noted a V6 has more torque than a 4-cylinder equivalent and has more get up and go power which I have experienced severally on the high way when driving my V6.

GWslim:

You car must be new.

Of course, some I4s would do better on fuel economy on Highways

nissparts:
The use or absence of AC in most modern cars is negligible on fuel economy except of course your AC was fully installed in Nigeria.
Depending on the direction of the wind though, traveling on a highway with your windows rolled down will result in some drag which will impact on your fuel economy negatively.

You're basing your opinion on emotion, you're a Japmobile fan, so understandable. I have driven Japmobiles, Euro and American cars, and compare accordingly. I work on automobile on a daily basis. As for telling posters to do their homework, what exactly do you want them to do?

There's nothing scientific, or remotely technical in your conclusion. You'll need to drive different cars back to back to conclude. And Chinese-spec cars, where do you get that from? A Toyota Camry assembled in China will be built with Japanese CKD kits, same as US models. The fact it was assembled in China will have little, or no bearing on fuel consumption.

Omijiestan:
That's very true.

Gluckdude:
posters with observations, please be precise with your auto discoveries, so we are not lost. did you guys use ac while travelling? so naija folks are not mislead.

Ikenna351:
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