On Sat, 26 Nov 2005 13:57:03 -0800, "Skip M"
wrote:


A Corvette has about the same EPA rating as the 300C, but has an annoying
"skip shift" feature that skips from 1st to 4th under low load situations,
thus improving the fuel mileage on the EPA tests, but not in real world.
And its 6 speed transmission has two overdrive ratios, as opposed to the
300C's 5 speed and one overdrive.

No one uses the 6th gear in a Vette except maybe on long highway runs
where you get good fuel economy anyway. The Hemi according to some
users nets about 14mpg or less, depending on the vehicle.
I figure my Mach-1 gets worse mileage than the current Corvette.
-Rich