My Old Corvette Gets SHOCKINGLY Good MPG! Can It Beat a New Toyota Camry?
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
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You'd think new cars are way, way more fuel efficient than cars of old...especially V8-powered coupes. There's no way a 30-year-old Chevrolet Corvette C5 can get the same fuel economy as a brand-new, hybrid Toyota Camry Nightshade...right?
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Pretty good score for the C5 with automatic and at those altitudes. I get about 35 / 36 MPG on the highway with my 6MT C5 at lower altitudes. It's just bizarre how well they do on gas. Excellent road trip car!
Overdrive gears. My 03 Mustang GT gets 18 mpg mixed driving. Considering it’s a V8 with 4.10 racing gears it gets good mileage. I can cruise in top gear as low as 45 mph. The new lightweight flywheel helps.
I always put it to all the power meant they were basically sleeping while cruising. I got 26mpg in both my 87 and 88 5.0 Mustangs. The 87 was 5 spd, the 88 was auto.
@@louism8217it's mostly weight. Those foxbodies weigh under 3klbs
Weight. It's all about weight and aero's. Trans/gearing helps too
37-41mpg at 50ft elv, manual as well.
Rather have the corvette.
Any sentient being would
Same
I'll take both
I like Camrys they reliable comfy dailys but nothing performs like a Corvette I'd have the Camry as daily commute car and Corvette for Friday and Saturday night car
Everybody should
He handicapped the corvette a little bit by putting 87. Computer might richen up the a/f mixture if it detects knock. But I get that they’re at an altitude. Still the ls1 was made to run 91 minimum.
Cruising it’s not going knock. Only under load, so for this experiment it doesn’t matter much
@@ryanhopkins1780 unfortunately, he filled the tank with it so it's gonna be a real challenge to keep it at cruise for the full tank of gas! lol
Wrong.
That's not what the owner manual says, but okay.
Tank range on a road trip is 600+ miles in my '99 6MT C5. Get 33 - 35 mpg at 70 - 75 mph on level ground. Amazing road trip car. Of course in mixed normal driving, having a little fun now and then, it's more like 18 - 20mpg.
1998 Corvette C5 has a compression ratio of 10.3 to 1. all of my other vehicles have a compression ratio 10.5 and higher they all take premium unleaded fuel only. 91 or higher. I use Sunoco 93 and 94 when it was available only. Anything less would lead the Corvette to pinging and pulling timing on acceleration during the summer. I also splash some 100 octane once in a while and the Corvette loves it. Never pulls timing when it's 98 degrees outside.
For the altitude and the cold temps, they both did great!
Cruising at 75-80 mph in mid-summer with ac blasting from Denver to Chicago I averaged 31 mpg on my 2021 C8 convertible with 495 hp. On the way back I clocked 32 mpg from Nebraska to Denver. Heard many similar stories from other Corvette owners. Did not believe their claims until I experienced it myself! 😊
The LS1 cars like the Corvette, Camaro and Firebird get incredibly good mpg. Owning a 2000 Pontiac Trans Am I’m right around 30 mpg at 75 mph. The cars run much better on premium fuel, never ran anything less than 93 octane.
I think the question is whether the Corvette can get half the milage of the Camry.
Edit: It did better than I expected, but the real challenge is to drive a Corvette without getting a lead foot.
I love the test the old guys on TOP GEAR did with the M3 and the Prius on the track. The prius was flatout and the M3 stayed behind it. The Prius ran out of gas first.
@@BPeezy315 - I seem to remember the same thing using the C5 vs the Prius. The catch was that the Prius was driving around the track as hard as it could with the Corvette following it and I don’t remember if they ran the cars till they were out a fuel but the Corvette got better fuel economy at the piece that it was traveling than the Prius. So driven hard, the Corvette got better fuel economy than the Prius.
@lesalbro8880, the thing is about that comparison, is they were using a Camry Hybrid. My parents 2016 Camry V6 actually got about the same highway mileage as my old 2000 C5 FRC Manual at around 31 mpg. I used to give my dad a hard time and challenge him to a race... (Those Camry V6's are not exactly slow) And then he would come back with "Lets take the family to dinner in your car". Yeah, He got me there. 😆
@@motorgearhead, Believable. In 2009 when on vacation, we had a rental Prius. That car was so slow, that I drove it very hard. Full throttle with the gas engine working hard was a common thing. It did not get anywhere remotely near the 45 mpg that Toyota claimed. Was wondering why it was so bad, and saw that it weighed almost 3000 lbs according to Toyota, (not much less than my C5 Z06 and C6 Z06) and we had 4 adults in it. ( probably around 3650-3700 total weight) That trip pretty much convinced me that I will never own a Prius. We do have a 2500 lb 2015 Honda Fit 6 speed manual as a daily run around town car, and it is a much more powerful car than that 2009 Prius, and gets 39-40 mph on long round trips. (Powerful and Fit together sounds really ironic, but it is a rocket compared to that 2009 Prius)
@@daveds50 - we have 2017 civic with the constant velocity transmission. I think it’s a 1.5-1.6 NA inline 4 and it gets well over 40 mpg on highway with the cruise set. For what it is, it runs strong.
I’ve seen 37mpgs in my C5 on the highway often, I always try to take that car on road trips. Like Brendan said it’s very comfortable too!
Steady speeds--not having to stop or briskly accelerate makes a huge difference in cars you wouldn't expect. V8 Raptor sees an average of about 12, but I've been able to get 19 mpg when I am able to do a steady 50 in a 45 limit on my way out to a friend. In a 3.4 Cayman S with the direct injection I can see over 32mpg doing a prolonged but steady 70 on the interstate. But I think I was most impressed when drove from Chicago through the mountains to Deal's Gap (TN) with it and got 23.5 mpg...towing a trailer with a motorcycle!
My first road trip in my manual C6 I was absolutely blown away when I did the math and was getting 31-32 mpg. (LS3)
I have both lol. The camry as my daily and the c5 for the weekend. You should have put 91 in the vette. 87 will make your engine actually run with less power.
I had a 2003 6spd C5 (+5hp/15lb.ft tq from factory) with slight intake/exhaust mod for more power/possible mpg. Driven NOT the way it was meant to be driven @ 55-60mph, I easily broke 40mpg! 6th gear is extremely tall, making low cruising RPMs for ridiculous mpg, but closer ratio lower gears make for much more aggressive launches- best of both worlds! My Automatic C5 (same engine, slightly better mods) could only get 34mpg under same driving conditions, and wasn't nearly as quick. 6 spd manual forevermore!
Nice! My old c5 auto(had the 3.15) would do 47-50 (UK mpg) at 50-55mph. You only had to breath on the throttle, almost on off at times but it was ridiculous how good it could be.
My c7 z51 cannot get close to this in v8 mode! Around 37 mpg at 50 mph.
I’ve checked both figures on the dash to actual mpg(by filling tank) and was impressed they were within 1%.
I always wanted the 6 speed c5 but they’re so rare over here!!! :)
@@GazRsExtremeBrickMachines Yeah, the 6spds are difficult to find and cost more on this side of the pond too. Definitely worth it! My auto was also the 3.15 ratio. To compare, the 6spd is a 3.42 ratio with lower gears at bottom for acceleration, closer ratio with 6 instead of 4 gears (for less 'lag' after shifts), and taller final gear for low RPM mileage. The later 6spd cars (2002/+ I believe) had that extra 15lb/ft torque at lower RPM than auto's because GM knew the 6spd could handle more oomph without stressing the transmission. I love alot of things about the C7, (style, interior, power, sound), but all that 'mpg improving' technology they added like direct injection, cylinder deactivation is junk ('rubbish', for real English speakers). Heavier car, but should get better mpg than C5 and C6s, but doesn't. Major engine issues because of all that, too. If it were more reliable, and repairable by a normal person like myself, I would absolutely buy the awesome C7 with 7spd manual!
@@jeladsnikpoh1289 nice cheers! Yeah that’s what baffles me with all the new tech but it’s worse off!
Being the 7 speed manual I never use eco mode other than the first week as I have read about the issues! Most of the time the transition felt seamless when cruising but when you pressed the throttle a bit harder and it goes from v4 to v8 it wasn’t a good feeling to me so I never used it again.
The car far exceeded my expectations though, really well put together and drives great. The thing I find weird is there’s quite a lot of c7’s in the UK and as far as most are aware there’s not been any of the issues with either the torque tube or engine. I know we don’t have the extreme temperature rangers as you do in the states which could help. Also they’re most likely weekend toys for many here and really taken easy.
@@GazRsExtremeBrickMachines I'm glad you're not having issues and hope that continues for a long time! One thing I should share is about that direct-injection, while being great fuel-atomizing improvement, it has the 1 major flaw. It doesn't spray fuel over the valves to clean them, so valves get so junked-up with diamond-hard carbon, it hurts power, mpg, eventually leading to burned or bent valves, compression issues, engine knocking, etc. I'd recommend installing a quality 'oil catch can' to minimize oil going back into the valve area, turning into carbon. Also highly recommend a water/methanol injection system, which sprays a fine mist over valves, super cleaning them better than fuel additives (fuel additives don't clean valves on D.I. engines, because fuel doesn't spray over them). Other great benefits of water/meth kits are slight increase of power and MPG because of added 'compression' in cylinders, and much cooler engine. By cooling the engine, and also drastically reducing the risk of engine 'knock' you have potential for a much greater amount of horsepower with less wear on engine, or a much cleaner, longer lasting engine in stock form. There's no risk of hydro-locking or rust, and is very common to due on extreme horsepower turbo'ed corvettes, souped-up extreme diesels, etc. Only way to clean the valves on your direct injected vehicle, and has all these other benefits!
Did a 1500 roadtrip in my 02 6spd over the holidays and averaged around 30mpg doing 80mph or more the whole time, c5s are great.
Lt1 vs ls1 mpg loop would be interesting 🤔
You have my respect for somehow resisting the urge to floor it 😂
With all due respect, a perfect 'apples to apples' comparison is going by manufacturers recommendations for optimal performance. If 91 octane is recommended then that's what is used. If 87 octane is recommended then use that. Does the LS1 specs recommend 87 octane for optimal performance? If not, the test results may be compromised.
91 fuel is recommended but not required if I remember.
Max performance does not mean max gas mileage. The head of GM engines literally said at a dinner to use 87 on highway cruises in their corvettes a few years back. It was an Autobytel video that I can no longer find on UA-cam.
87 octane burn faster and more complete than higher octane gas. High octane is less detonation susceptible because it burns slower. So if the engine will run on 87 it should get better mpg than 91 or higher octane gas. If your engine is detonation prone on lower octane gas then you have no other option than to run the higher or highest octane possible.
Yeah they should of used 91 octane in the vette.
@@smc1377 probably becaues it's a lie. if you use 87 for extended time in a c5, your going to run into problems.
Pop-up headlights wins every time!!
I would love to see that Corvette vs a non hybrid economical car....after a Mountain drive !
My theory is, the torquey V8's mileage will be hurt less by the heavier load ?
I get about the same as the Corvette with my diesels grand Cherokee! It's awesome that they aren't that far away in mpg from boring cars!
A V8 hardly working can certainly get reasonable highway MPG. My V8 Lexus topped out at 29.7mpg on a trip once! Around town is a completely different tale though.
These are highway cruiser cars. I get 18 mpg mixed driving.
Fellow V8 Lexus owner here. I also own a Civic. It absolutely BLOWS MY MIND how much my Lexus drinks, because it literally is beside the other car for comparison all the time. haha
My 2016 C7 Corvette gets 37mpg at 70mph. On a good day at 50mph, I can get almost 40mpg. The C7 also has direct injection, which helps a lot. Also, 8th gear at 61mph (lowest speed for 8th), the engine is turning around 1200rpm - very low!
The most my 2014 C7 Z51 has gotten is 33 MPG over a full tankful on the highway just cruising in 7th (manual). Its very slippery in terms of aero and as mentioned the engine is turning almost no RPM in top gear if you stay under 65 MPH. In comparison it gets just 6 MPG on the track.
Great video guys. Both cars are really cool in their own way. Thanks
I was figuring around 30. Those vettes will easily do that or more when working properly and not going 90 or flooring it.
Kase and Brendon in a vlog can this day get any better I think not.
I drove from Charleston sc to Atlanta ga in my c4 and had half a tank left. Just keeping my foot out of it and cruising. 364 miles
My old C6 M6. NY to St Louis (about 1000 miles) in 14 hours and change cruising 10 over the whole way. Only needed to stop once!
The C5 does get good mpg cruising on the highway. Way cooler ride than the Toyota also.
My 2000 LS1 trans am averaged 30 MPG on a 1200 Mile road Trip...
I took a road trip in my 2001 6 speed manual, from Northern VA to Destin, FL. For the whole trip, including a couple of fun races thru Atlanta, local driving around Destin for the week, and my pregnant gf and the hatch full of our things, plus mostly roof-off driving, I averaged 28mpg. One thing I love about it is that in 6th gear, cruising at 75-85mph, the tachometer is loping around 1.5k RPM. Better gas mileage than my 96 Toyota Tacoma 2wd four cylinder! But not as good as my 94 Geo Metro 3 cylinder! That little roller skate got 50 mpg! lol
C5 with the legendary Wagon Wheels! Love the Torch Red paint, and what looks like B&B Bullets out the back. 3100 lbs, and aero.. excellent MPG's.
I'd often see 30+ MPG on the highway with my C6 Base with a S/C (600+ hp). It was a true marvel, and nobody believed it til they saw the numbers on the DIC.
And here I am with my stupid C5 Z06 that only gets about 22 on the highway. (Big cam, tune, full exaust)
@@joecopeland4380 My cam profile was from Vengeance Racing (Kaotik Grind). It wasn't small by any means either. My tune was conservative, and I also had an A6 car, oil/trans cooler/Dewitts Radiator. I daily drove it for 5 years. Never failed me, but I didn't always ravish it daily either. Tires were the biggest expense lol
The confusion when you start a car video and the first shot is a goose but the presenter isn't Mark or Jack.
It would be more “fair” to use the 3.5L V6 in the Camry 😂
If I drove the highway most of the time I would never get a hybrid Camry. You can get 48-50 mpg on the highway all day long with the non-hybrid Camry.
It’s not a theory it’s a Chevy LS in a light weight body that’s very aerodynamic of course it’s going to get great gas mileage
I have a 90 Vette with the tuned port engine and it gets thirty on the highway also.
When you see a goose at the start and you think it's a savage geese video for a second
Can't beat a C5 6 spd on the hwy when it comes to sports cars in mpg. Drove mine down 20 in Ga many of times on 3 hour trips about 70 to 80 mph the whole way. She surprised me each time with about 34 to 36 mpg each time. That 0.50 gear ratio in 6th gear and under 2k rpms is a life saver on long trips.
I'm amazed at how bad the road noise is in the Camry... I always knew the Vettes got good mileage but that's impressive.
Bad? Have you been in the new Camry? It's quiet.
I always question these pump measurements for their short distance MPG tests. It's like trying to figure out if your diet is working by weighing yourself every day, but using a vehicle weighing station instead of a bathroom scale. It's like your proverbial "drinking from a fire hose", or trying to make a cocktail using a fire hose.
Exactly. More of a novelty test.
Yeah. I’ve said that a few times as well. Its cheap ‘science’
Great looks, comfort, roomy, efficient, fast and alive... that's a C5 Corvette.
Im able to get around 34mpg highway at 70mph...after I put heads cam Intake Mani I had it tuned in Scottsdale Az...dude did a great job, car makes around 530hp to the engine, and sips fuel when I need her to :) the camry has more seats though lol
That's interesting. When I went heads/cam on my LS1 (4.10 gears as well) that car got about 12mpg basically everywhere. However it was my toy car so it pretty much was at 7k RPM at least once every trip lol
@@MeltingRubberZ28 it's interesting because it's not true lmao
@Billy Ray when my Camaro was only bolt ons I got 29 MPG with the cruise control set at 80
When I had my 93 C4 with six speed it got around 30mpg on the flat highway at 70mph.
Yep bought a new 2008 c6 corvette and people would scream at me at gas stations during the recession like I was rich and wasteful. That car got 30+mpg highway and was under 40 grand brand new since they were giving them away.
That's why you get both cars. You can take the Camry when you need to take the family out or do errands. Then the Corvette when you're just putting around the countryside or cruising down the highway.
I remember that in a 2007 Yaris with a manual I got 38 mpg and 44 in a Corolla hybrid going 80 mph one way and 49 mpg going 75 back
My 2002 C5 averaged around 35 mpg with the cruise control set at 75. The 6 speed manual trans had it running around 800 RPM in 6th gear. By contrast, my F-150 barely gets 18 MPG.
What about in the city though? I what do you get if you are driving economically aware and shifting at low rpm’s
@Alejandro Ochoa city was still about 25-28 if I was conscious about not revving it high. If I was driving aggressive it dropped to around 12.
I had an 02 Z06 and it would do 30 mpg all day. Aerodynamic and light.
The C5 Corvette INVENTED the Smiles-Per-Gallon factor, Especially the 6speeds!
It doesn’t surprise me at all that that Corvette gets 30 miles a gallon on the highway. I had a 98 Z28 that I drove 150 miles a day for several years, and 28 miles per gallon was normal. If I went on a 500 mile trip, 30 miles a gallon was expected.
Corvettes have gotten great mileage since the 80s........ my friend had an 82 that came with a gear splitter and got 33 mpg...... I have a c7 that got 29 in the mountains then I supercharged it and now gets 24..... if I hold it wide open and have fun I get 19..... I love it
The moral of the story is......
before changing your car to get better MPG, look at yourself and your driving style. So often we can save 10%>20% just by driving more carefully.
Legit Street Cars tuned his manual C5 to get 400 crank HP and 40 mpg. He tuned it to run 17:1 afr a load load cruise. My '97 T/A manual got 27 mpg with 3.73's on the highway and it made 400 whp. My '08 Mustang GT got 32 mpg with a manual and 3.31's. Why? the massive low end torque and numerically low gearing in overdrive (the T/A had a double overdrive) allow the car to cruise along at 1700mpg. They're also aerodynamic and lightweight, compared to modern vehicles. Compare this to my 200 HP Mini Cooper S. I get about 27 mpg on the highway. Even in 6th, I'm running 3k rpm on the highway. That burns a lot of fuel.
I loved taking all my corvettes out on the open road! Way better then bumper to bumper traffic. Only time that's "nice" is when I'm picking up a hottie LOL! When I pick up my E-Ray, I'll gladly pick up Mister Kase ya know let him idk test the car ...lol!
I had a 2000 corvette coupe 6 speed making 440 to the wheels and it got about 30 mpg on highway. At 60 mph I was about 1200 rpm.
Hands down, the Corvette is the winner! Great comparison. When you're looking at an engine that's more than twice the size, you can't beat the numbers. Of course, you can't take the family along, but if you're out for a weekend stroll, the Vette is definitely the right choice. Great video!
I heard with the new cars when it clicks its done. Gas will spill into the evaporator if you over fill.
Nahhh
Yes-“topping off” after the pump kicks off is a sure fire way to, over time and repeated top-offs, roach the pricey evaporative emission system’s charcoal canister. DAMHIK.
Not at all surprised, big torque and overdrive netted 25 MPG all the way back to the nineties Camaro's
I averaged 26mpg in my '02 Z51 6 speed. And it was fun, too.
It always impressed me how American "shockingly amazing mpg" is so close to European "appallingly bad mpg" but ok, not bad for such a big engine.
I think the purist would have been a little upset if Chevy said from the get go, you can get over 30mpg out of this. Consumers would have definitely thought the Vette was made to be fuel efficient instead of fun, but you can have BOTH!
My '06 Mustang GT could get 29. And that's a heavy brick compared to this vette. With a light foot and well predicted stops, over 30MPG on stock tire configs seems easily doable.
Very expected results, though it has to be said driving that short of a distance means the margins of error get a lot larger as a percentage. So its really more of a novelty test. Still, not bad.
LegitStreetCars got 40mpg in his C5 when tuned for efficiency at highway speeds.
In the winter I'd say you need AC just as much to ensure you don't get condensation
I had a 2014 dodge challenger with the 5.7 and a six speed. I would consistently get over 28 mpg average on 400mile trips. Almost all highway and cruise control the speed limit when I could. But a pretty amazing highway cruiser it was. But if I beat on it at all, the mpg would tank.
350 engines turn into a 305 a high elevation, but that is still very good millage. The C-5 has the best millage out of all of the Corvettes due to a 3.9" bore diameter instead of the 4.0" that the C-4's had.
The Corvette did amazing actually for what it is!
My C5 Z06 got insane gas mileage at 700 RPMs in 6th gear on the highway - even the early LS based engines are still masterpieces Edit: 87 octane in the Corvette, oof
@Frugal Family Living Ah yes, I forgot they're way up there
I drove my 87 firebird formula 5.0 from New York to Utah and I got 28 mpg. If you drive sports cars easily they get good mpg
I would have rather done a hybrid from the same year as the C5 to compare it.
It’s crazy that mid grade is 87 in other states
Why would you put 87 in the Corvette when 91 is recommended? I have a C5 and the computer will pull timing significantly if you run regular and the car will ping on hills. It also gets better fuel economy when run on 91.
The C-5 fuel economy was not an accidental oversight at General Motors. It was intended to beat the gas guzzler tax imposed by the US government.
I like how that corvette does better than my Scion tC 🙃
They both got really good MPG for this test
All manual C5's have 3.42 gears and I've had 4 over the past 12 years and only put 93 in any of them
Weird to compare a hybrid with a traditional ICE, but still impressive results
That Vette weights less than 3000 pounds so about 350 horsepower is really quick. The C5 Z06 makes like 450 I beileve so yeah C5's are still pretty fast even to today's standards
Wow, I'm from the UK and at UK Gallon that's 36mpg for the Corvette, there's no way on earth did I expect that, I guesssed at 24mpg UK or 20mpg US, I'm stunned at how efficient that is for a 5.7 V8.
Corvettes have long been surprisingly economical on the highway, but then, General Motors has long been famous for overdrives, though perhaps less so than Ford.
I thought this was going to be a performance matchup…. 😂
GrandMa gearing in the rear is why all the vettes are good on gas for having a V8 they come with like a 259 gear with autos.There made to handle corners cant have muscle car gears coming out of a turn cause tires could break loose & you could crash hitting the gas pedal.
2.73 rear end like the video said.
Those Camry wheels are sweet
91 is premium in Us? Here in Eu we don't even have 91 anymore. The lowest octane is 95, which is badged 'normal' and premium is 98 to 100
The C5 gets great fuel economy unless you're in hooligan mode. I have one, so I speak from experience. In comparison to the 350 in my older 1980 vette that had less HP, the fuel economy is night & day better in the c5. But I'm not a fan of not running 91 octane in it. From what I read, it only detunes for 87 octane if it hears pinging. It only hears pinging if it's already happened. If it's already happened, it's already done some slight damage. I can't say how much, but if it's an engine you want to perform and last a long time, you don't let it get damaged by low octane fuel.
In a pinch, if it's all you can get, sure, go for it. But don't run 87 on a regular basis unless you have a way to manually tune it for 87 ahead of time. And you will lose some performance. When I bought my c5, I didn't realize it called for premium, as my old '80 didn't and I was used to that. I filled it with enough gas to cruise home (a couple of hours) and drove so mildly that I don't think it was ever a factor, likely still ran on the 91 map. The next day, in the daylight, I noticed the sticker and it's had 91 ever since. Never so much as a hiccup either time, and great fuel economy.
Did you test the C4 yet? I can't remember if it appeared in another video or not.
waiting to see this as well
looks like a 99 to 01 vette. they were very well made and reliable.
I think a much better comparison would be my camry TRD vs the vette. Camry could somewhat keep up with the vette
I have documented pictures of my 2005 Cadillac CTS-V making 26 and a half miles per gallon
I have been telling people my 97 C5 got 35 MPG...@ 135.....20 YEARS AGO...
It makes no sense to put 87 in the Vette. The LS is designed for premium fuel. Can it run on 87? Yes, but I can also live off eating solely bread. It doesn't mean that I should. Run what the car was designed for.
My 99 FRC gets consistently 30 MPG with the cruise control on 75 MPH (1,700 Rpm in 6th gear) 'corrding to the computer. I'd probably do better if I used premium gas, but never have.
The Corvette is great on gas. It may have a huge engine, but it's a very understressed engine pushing around about as much weight as today's subcompact CUVs. The gearing keeps the engine revs very low cruising on the highway because of the gobs of torque, and it sits super low to the ground with an aerodynamic body.
I know my focus could do more but I get only 38mpg or 30mpg on e85. I need another gear.
Great economy from the Camry, even better from the 5.7 litre Corvette,.. I am not really surprised that the Corvette did so well, that GM 5.7 engine is a good performing engine in power AND fuel economy. However if I owned the Corvette I'd be pleased with that. Seems like Roman bought a good used car here.
Test the canary when it has the same mileage as the Vette, guarantee the carbon build up will ruin the camary mpg
Wow that’s Toyota Camry 46 miles per gallon at 75 miles an hour that’s not bad. In the Corvette gang 30 if you had a manual probably more
2021 Camaro with the 6.2 and 10 speed autoI could get 38 cruising at 60 cause of the 4 cylinder mode
The real test will be see how many times you have to rebuild the vette before your 1st problem with the camry.