http://www.miniusa.com/#/learn/mpgCompare-m

There was some discussion on the 2011 Ordering thread, but I thought I would highlight the new numbers here.

There is a nice bump in MPG for 2011. About 0 to 2mpg for highway, but the real story is in the city numbers...anywhere from 3 to 6 mpg improvement depending on the model!

The combined numbers look bogus, so I am assuming that the hwy/city numbers are accurate. If so, this is huge!

For example, Cooper S (all trims) 36 hiway for manual 34 hwy for autos. Thats up 2mpg over 2010! City is 30 for manual, 29 for auto. An increase of 4 for manual and 5 for auto. Excellent! (I just hope these numbers are not in error...the site is pretty buggy right now).

 

On the other hand, they may just have city and combo mislabeled, in which case the city gains are not that big, 1 or 2 mpg, but still an increase!

 

I'm guessing they messed up, which is a big mess up. I can understand the options and stuff messing up right now because many of them are new. But MPG is gov't regulated numbers.
Either way, still an increase. If it's not a mistake and the ClubbyS really did move to 37/30 H/C, I'm going to be jumping up and down

 

Hi. What are the numbers like for the non S in the manual trans? I am on an iPad. No Flash, thanks to Mr Jobs! And the MiniUSA site is Flash based! Thanks.

 

The numbers for the last couple years on the window sticker have been lower than real life.

In my JCW I average ~32 mpg just about every tank with rush hour hwy traveling counting most of my driving time.

My last tank I drove easier and got 35 mpg - calculated - not the OBC.

 

If I am reading the numbers right 37hwy, 32city, 29combined.

 

How about the Clubman, non S, manual trans? Thanks again!

 

Oops that should have been 37/29/32 for the base hardtop (hwy/city/comb).
Its 35/27/31 for the base clubbie manual tranny.

 

Thank you so much!

 

Here it is in a nutshell:

Cooper M: 37/29/32 Cooper Conv M: 35/27/31 Cooper Club M: 35/27/31
Cooper A: 36/28/31 Cooper Conv A: 36/27/30 Cooper Club A: 36/27/30

Cooper S M: 36/27/30 (same for Conv and Club)
Cooper S A: 34/26/29 (same for Conv and Club)

JCW: 33/25/28 (same for Conv and Club) <== unchanged from 2010

For comparison here are the 2010 EPA numbers:

Cooper M: 37/28/32 Cooper Conv M: 36/28/31 Cooper Club M: 36/28/31
Cooper A: 33/25/28 Cooper Conv A: 33/25/28 Cooper Club A: 33/25/28

Cooper S M: 34/26/29 (same for Conv and Club)
Cooper S A: 32/24/27 (same for Conv and Club)

JCW: 33/25/28 (same for Conv and Club)

 

Just switched to low rolling resistance green X Michelins and got 36.5mpg hand calc first 300 mile drive the next day. Previous was 33mpg. All MINI need to do is put some decent tires on as OE.

 

I doubt tires designed for high gas mileage are meant to hug the corners. I'll deal with less gas mileage. I'd deal with non runflats too.

 

I'm with MotorMouth, forget the mileage tires, give me the sticky ones. If I wanted mileage I would get a Prius.