GMC 2500 deleted LML 10.5L/100 km, winter fuel around 12.0L/100 km.
These days 2700lb is pretty light, that's about what my focus wagon is and newer fiesta is around 2600lbs. Our Outback is 3600lbs which impresses me all the more with it being able to match the Focus even with AWD.That should have been 2014 Scion XB. Yes, the 2.4 XB has considerably more torque than the XD 1.8 and feels to have lower gearing as well. Getting 24 locally requires easy driving. It will do about 27 on Interstate driving with terrible aerodynamics. Although it's a much smaller car, the XD only weighs 300 lbs. less. That will do 35 mpg on rare highway driving. The old school 4 spd. auto trans are most of the blame for lower fuel mileage. A econo car the size of an XD, 40 years ago, weighed about about 2000-2100 lbs. The XD weighs 2750. ABS, A/C, power windows, locks and more safety in doors are the culprits.
I suppose that does pass for lighter weight today. Still, it amazes me how very heavy all vehicles, even tiny ones are now. My '82 Dodge D150 weighed at 3600 lbs. without spare, on a scale. Eons ago I owned a horrific German Ford Fiesta (1980) that weighed 1850 lbs.These days 2700lb is pretty light, that's about what my focus wagon is and newer fiesta is around 2600lbs. Our Outback is 3600lbs which impresses me all the more with it being able to match the Focus even with AWD.
If only it was so easy!