"Mazda is America's Most Fuel Efficient Car Maker, Again...."

[travajante]

The double post & hard to edit virus is at it again? This site can really get clunky...

[travajante]

iStop & its pricey batt...here's why...
Calculating your role in melting Arctic sea ice: How the CO2 emissions add up. - CSMonitor.com

[dr. d]

i wonder, how does it do in our notorious traffic ? in km/li, or.... li/hour ?

[travajante]

I've seen 2.0 Sky M3s "out-FC" our hobo 1.5s. It may be hard to quantify how much of it is from iStop/iEloop. Quite a few variables in there...
1 thing's sure, emissions are less.

[travajante]

Here's a test on Start/Stop:
Do Stop-Start Systems Really Save Fuel? | Edmunds.com
3 non-Mazda Start/Stop test subjects did an estimated 10 percent less in flowing city traffic. In tough traffic areas, these could do even better.....

[niky]

Here's a test on Start/Stop:
Do Stop-Start Systems Really Save Fuel? | Edmunds.com
3 non-Mazda Start/Stop test subjects did an estimated 10 percent less in flowing city traffic. In tough traffic areas, these could do even better.....

In my experience, iStop gives a 0.5 to 1 km/l advantage in traffic, on versus off and versus comparable competitors... this is from the time I spent with the Mazda6 and the Camry in the same conditions.

[travajante]

In my experience, iStop gives a 0.5 to 1 km/l advantage in traffic, on versus off and versus comparable competitors... this is from the time I spent with the Mazda6 and the Camry in the same conditions.

Thanks much, niky sir.

[CVT]

Now, if they can translate that to the number of units sold....😞