2013 Chevrolet Spark gets EPA-rated 38 mpg highway

Posted: Jul 25, 2012
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2013 Chevrolet Spark gets EPA-rated 38 mpg highway
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The EPA has released fuel-economy figures for the new 2013 Chevrolet Spark and seems like the subcompact came in below GM’s expectations.

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When mated to a 5-speed manual, the Chevrolet Spark returns an EPA-rated fuel-economy of 32/38 mpg (city/highway) – with a 4-speed automatic, that number drops to 28/37 mpg. Now those numbers are very impressive, but GM was targeting a highway fuel-economy of 40 mpg for the new Spark.

Power for the 2013 Chevrolet Spark comes from a 1.2 liter 4-cylinder making 85-hp and 81.7 lb-ft of torque. Prices start at $12,995 for the 2013 Spark LS.

- By: Omar Rana


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  • Matt

    I’ll take two and use them as roller-skates :-)
    For a car this small I’d expect better than 38 MPG!

  • Cad4life

    this is what u get when play cheap & u put a 4 speed auto or a 5 speed man, the bigger car have 6 speed auto/man

  • danwat1234

    What a piece of CRAP! Only 28/37MPG with the automatic transmission.

    The Chevy Spark only has a 84HP engine, yet doesn’t get any better MPG than say a 150HP Honda Civic or 140HP Chevy Cruze..

    So the Spark will be slow and an unimpressive driving experience. It simply doesn’t make sense to buy a boring car when there is no advantage in the ‘boring’ factor.

    This is a common trend with tiny cars, they are less aerodynamic than regular sized cars, and they have tiny engines to try and make up for it, but fail. Their city MPG isn’t good either.
    Other cars that share these characteristics; Tiny unimpressive engines with tiny cars and unimpressive MPG is the Scion iQ and the SMART car.

    To a point, also the Honda Fit, Toyota Yaris and Ford Fiesta follow the characteristics even though they are larger than the tiny cars above. their aerodynamics still aren’t as good as regular cars, so don’t buy them for fuel efficiency!
    Just buy a used a Prius or Honda Insight for the same price