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Mazda Protege vs. Pontiac Vibe MPG

Chart is based on 100 fuel economy reports for the Mazda Protege and 454 fuel economy reports for the Pontiac Vibe.

Mazda Protege MPG

Mazda Protege Mazda Protege 2003 28.3 MPG Highway Percentage 32 percent Mazda Protege Mazda Protege 2003 24.0 MPG Highway Percentage 28 percent Mazda Protege Mazda Protege 2003 31.4 MPG Highway Percentage 88 percent Mazda Protege Mazda Protege 2003 29.9 MPG Highway Percentage 46 percent Mazda Protege Mazda Protege 2003 27.6 MPG Highway Percentage 21 percent Mazda Protege Mazda Protege 2003 25.3 MPG Highway Percentage 53 percent Mazda Protege Mazda Protege 2003 27.8 MPG Highway Percentage 73 percent Mazda Protege Mazda Protege 2002.5 28.6 MPG Highway Percentage 32 percent Mazda Protege Mazda Protege 2002.5 23.1 MPG Highway Percentage 10 percent Mazda Protege Mazda Protege 2002.5 25.0 MPG Highway Percentage 34 percent Mazda Protege Mazda Protege 2002 27.7 MPG Highway Percentage 85 percent Mazda Protege Mazda Protege 2002 27.0 MPG Highway Percentage 37 percent Mazda Protege Mazda Protege 2002 24.9 MPG Highway Percentage 46 percent Mazda Protege Mazda Protege 2002 28.0 MPG Highway Percentage 33 percent Mazda Protege Mazda Protege 2001 28.7 MPG Highway Percentage 40 percent Mazda Protege Mazda Protege 2001 27.0 MPG Highway Percentage 10 percent Mazda Protege Mazda Protege 2000 24.9 MPG Highway Percentage 34 percent Mazda Protege Mazda Protege 2000 31.5 MPG Highway Percentage 50 percent
Year Body/Powertrain flat, hilly, or mountainousLand driving style: very light to "lead foot"Foot A/C use: none to heavyA/C constant stop and goTraf % many stops per mileCity % stop every mile or twoSub % fairly steady speedHwy % Hwy Spd MPG
2003 4dr Wagon 130-horsepower 2.0L I4
5-speed manual FWD
flat med none 4 19 45 32 71 28.3  
2003 4dr Wagon 130-horsepower 2.0L I4
4-speed shiftable automatic FWD
hills med none 8 28 38 28 93 24.0  
2003 4dr Wagon 130-horsepower 2.0L I4
4-speed automatic FWD
flat light hvy 0 8 5 88 70 31.4  
2003 4dr Sedan turbocharged 170hp 2.0L I4
5-speed manual FWD
flat lead light 31 8 15 46 71 29.9  
2003 4dr Sedan 130-horsepower 2.0L I4
5-speed manual FWD
hills med none 13 23 43 21 66 27.6  
2003 4dr Sedan 130-horsepower 2.0L I4
4-speed shiftable automatic FWD
flat med light 7 23 17 53 70 25.3  
2003 4dr Sedan 130-horsepower 2.0L I4
4-speed automatic FWD
flat med none 7 18 2 73 73 27.8  
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2002.5 4dr Wagon turbocharged 170hp 2.0L I4
5-speed manual FWD
hills med none 11 42 16 32 75 28.6  
2002.5 4dr Sedan 130-horsepower 2.0L I4
5-speed manual FWD
flat med none 0 45 45 10 100 23.1  
2002.5 4dr Sedan 130-horsepower 2.0L I4
4-speed automatic FWD
flat med light 23 41 2 34 70 25.0  
2002 4dr Wagon 140-horsepower 2.0L I4
5-speed manual FWD
flat med light 0 0 15 85 70 27.7  
2002 4dr Wagon 130-horsepower 2.0L I4
5-speed manual FWD
flat med light 4 39 20 37 88 27.0  
2002 4dr Wagon 130-horsepower 2.0L I4
4-speed automatic FWD
flat light light 5 29 20 46 83 24.9  
2002 4dr Sedan 130-horsepower 2.0L I4
5-speed manual FWD
flat med none 8 22 37 33 83 28.0  
2001 4dr Sedan 130-horsepower 2.0L I4
5-speed manual FWD
flat light light 10 20 30 40 110 28.7  
2001 4dr Sedan 130-horsepower 2.0L I4
4-speed automatic FWD
hills light none 1 1 88 10 65 27.0  
2000 4dr Sedan 122-horsepower 1.8L I4
5-speed manual FWD
flat med hvy 1 65 0 34 58 24.9  
2000 4dr Sedan 105-horsepower 1.6L I4
5-speed manual FWD
flat med light 0 15 35 50 65 31.5  

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Pontiac Vibe MPG

Pontiac Vibe Pontiac Vibe 2010 26.6 MPG Highway Percentage 17 percent Pontiac Vibe Pontiac Vibe 2009 26.8 MPG Highway Percentage 31 percent Pontiac Vibe Pontiac Vibe 2009 25.0 MPG Highway Percentage 29 percent Pontiac Vibe Pontiac Vibe 2009 25.9 MPG Highway Percentage 74 percent Pontiac Vibe Pontiac Vibe 2009 33.6 MPG Highway Percentage 58 percent Pontiac Vibe Pontiac Vibe 2009 33.9 MPG Highway Percentage 70 percent Pontiac Vibe Pontiac Vibe 2008 36.1 MPG Highway Percentage 5 percent Pontiac Vibe Pontiac Vibe 2008 29.7 MPG Highway Percentage 62 percent Pontiac Vibe Pontiac Vibe 2007 32.7 MPG Highway Percentage 42 percent Pontiac Vibe Pontiac Vibe 2007 32.3 MPG Highway Percentage 50 percent Pontiac Vibe Pontiac Vibe 2006 31.2 MPG Highway Percentage 60 percent Pontiac Vibe Pontiac Vibe 2006 32.1 MPG Highway Percentage 66 percent Pontiac Vibe Pontiac Vibe 2006 30.6 MPG Highway Percentage 46 percent Pontiac Vibe Pontiac Vibe 2005 30.3 MPG Highway Percentage 48 percent Pontiac Vibe Pontiac Vibe 2005 32.1 MPG Highway Percentage 51 percent Pontiac Vibe Pontiac Vibe 2005 28.6 MPG Highway Percentage 69 percent Pontiac Vibe Pontiac Vibe 2004 29.2 MPG Highway Percentage 66 percent Pontiac Vibe Pontiac Vibe 2004 31.8 MPG Highway Percentage 49 percent Pontiac Vibe Pontiac Vibe 2004 33.7 MPG Highway Percentage 53 percent Pontiac Vibe Pontiac Vibe 2004 23.7 MPG Highway Percentage 80 percent Pontiac Vibe Pontiac Vibe 2003 26.8 MPG Highway Percentage 36 percent Pontiac Vibe Pontiac Vibe 2003 33.6 MPG Highway Percentage 44 percent Pontiac Vibe Pontiac Vibe 2003 28.9 MPG Highway Percentage 35 percent Pontiac Vibe Pontiac Vibe 2003 25.0 MPG Highway Percentage 50 percent
Year Body/Powertrain flat, hilly, or mountainousLand driving style: very light to "lead foot"Foot A/C use: none to heavyA/C constant stop and goTraf % many stops per mileCity % stop every mile or twoSub % fairly steady speedHwy % Hwy Spd MPG
2010 4dr Hatch 132-horsepower 1.8L I4
4-speed automatic FWD
flat med light 2 72 9 17 65 26.6  
2009 4dr Hatch 158-horsepower 2.4L I4
5-speed shiftable automatic FWD
flat med none 3 15 51 31 73 26.8  
2009 4dr Hatch 158-horsepower 2.4L I4
5-speed manual FWD
flat med none 4 7 57 29 62 25.0  
2009 4dr Hatch 158-horsepower 2.4L I4
4-speed automatic AWD
flat lead none 3 2 22 74 68 25.9  
2009 4dr Hatch 132-horsepower 1.8L I4
5-speed manual FWD
flat light none 3 15 23 58 65 33.6  
2009 4dr Hatch 132-horsepower 1.8L I4
4-speed automatic FWD
flat light light 1 16 13 70 69 33.9  
2008 4dr Hatch 126-horsepower 1.8L I4
5-speed manual FWD
flat v.lt none 0 5 90 5 55 36.1  
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2008 4dr Hatch 126-horsepower 1.8L I4
4-speed automatic FWD
flat light none 8 8 22 62 94 29.7  
2007 4dr Hatch 126-horsepower 1.8L I4
5-speed manual FWD
hills med light 15 26 17 42 85 32.7  
2007 4dr Hatch 126-horsepower 1.8L I4
4-speed automatic FWD
flat med none 9 15 26 50 77 32.3  
2006 4dr Hatch 164-horsepower 1.8L I4
6-speed manual FWD
flat med hvy 10 10 20 60 80 31.2  
2006 4dr Hatch 126-horsepower 1.8L I4
5-speed manual FWD
flat med none 3 6 25 66 77 32.1  
2006 4dr Hatch 126-horsepower 1.8L I4
4-speed automatic FWD
flat med light 7 25 22 46 70 30.6  
2005 4dr Hatch 126-horsepower 1.8L I4
5-speed manual FWD
flat med none 8 18 26 48 50 30.3  
2005 4dr Hatch 126-horsepower 1.8L I4
4-speed automatic FWD
flat light light 12 13 23 51 64 32.1  
2005 4dr Hatch 118-horsepower 1.8L I4
4-speed automatic AWD
hills light none 4 21 6 69 97 28.6  
2004 4dr Hatch 180-horsepower 1.8L I4
6-speed manual FWD
flat med light 9 13 13 66 60 29.2  
2004 4dr Hatch 130-horsepower 1.8L I4
5-speed manual FWD
flat med light 8 20 24 49 95 31.8  
2004 4dr Hatch 130-horsepower 1.8L I4
4-speed automatic FWD
flat light hvy 1 28 18 53 61 33.7  
2004 4dr Hatch 123-horsepower 1.8L I4
4-speed automatic AWD
hills light light 0 13 8 80 60 23.7  
2003 4dr Hatch 180-horsepower 1.8L I4
6-speed manual FWD
flat lead none 2 27 35 36 76 26.8  
2003 4dr Hatch 130-horsepower 1.8L I4
5-speed manual FWD
flat light light 2 8 47 44 64 33.6  
2003 4dr Hatch 130-horsepower 1.8L I4
4-speed automatic FWD
hills med light 10 33 23 35 69 28.9  
2003 4dr Hatch 123-horsepower 1.8L I4
4-speed automatic AWD
flat med light 0 25 25 50 70 25.0  

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Mazda Protege vs. Pontiac Vibe MPG

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What Our Members Are Saying about the Real Gas Mileage of the Mazda Protege

Mazda Protege Real Gas Mileage: Pros
YearBody/PowertrainComment
2003 4dr Sedan 130-horsepower 2.0L I4
5-speed manual FWD
Gets original rating of 25/30 MPG. see full Mazda Protege review
2003 4dr Sedan 130-horsepower 2.0L I4
5-speed manual FWD
On a recent trip from Charlottetown, PE, Canada to Halifax, NS my car averaged 35 miles per US gallon, or over 730km per tank of fuel. As a Merchandiser, my job requires a lot of city Driving and I average 600km per tank of gas see full Mazda Protege review
2003 4dr Sedan turbocharged 170hp 2.0L I4
5-speed manual FWD
A turbo sedan that got me 35mpg all-highway, and gets 28+ in mixed driving. see full Mazda Protege review
2003 4dr Sedan 130-horsepower 2.0L I4
4-speed shiftable automatic FWD
Great fuel economy my first tank was 28mpg, my second one with my cold air intake installed got it over 30! see full Mazda Protege review
2003 4dr Wagon 130-horsepower 2.0L I4
5-speed manual FWD
The car does get excellent fuel economy- IF you can keep your foot out of it. I rarely succeed in that endeavor- the car is just too much fun to drive, the embodiment of "driving a slow car, fast." see full Mazda Protege review
2003 4dr Sedan 130-horsepower 2.0L I4
4-speed automatic FWD
Great fuel efficiency but still retains a lot of pep and zip. see full Mazda Protege review
2003 4dr Wagon 130-horsepower 2.0L I4
5-speed manual FWD
Not too bad, the roof rack hurts it a bit. gets a solid 22-25 driving 70-75 on highway. Does get 30mpg at 60 mph, but that speed will get you killed on California interstates. see full Mazda Protege review
2003 4dr Wagon 130-horsepower 2.0L I4
5-speed manual FWD
ave 30 mpg+ see full Mazda Protege review
2002 4dr Wagon 130-horsepower 2.0L I4
5-speed manual FWD
I average right around 30mpg with mixed driving, a little highway-biased. I've been satisfied with the overall gas mileage. see full Mazda Protege review
2002 4dr Wagon 130-horsepower 2.0L I4
5-speed manual FWD
30+ mpg highway. 28 city. Not too shabby. see full Mazda Protege review
Mazda Protege Real Gas Mileage: Cons
YearBody/PowertrainComment
2003 4dr Wagon 130-horsepower 2.0L I4
5-speed manual FWD
Suburban fuel economy is acceptable, at nearly 30 mpg. But on the highway, with the engine spinning well over 3,000 rpm, fuel economy also struggles to crack 30. Many much larger, much more powerful cars achieve better highway fuel economy. Some owners have fitted the fifth gear from the related transmission in the Mazda6 to get more of an overdrive. see full Mazda Protege review
2003 4dr Wagon 130-horsepower 2.0L I4
4-speed shiftable automatic FWD
not good for a small 4 cyl. i have had better economy on the same roads with bigger and simmilar cars see full Mazda Protege review
2003 4dr Wagon 130-horsepower 2.0L I4
5-speed manual FWD
Gets below avaerage mileage for a car this size/ engine/ trans. see full Mazda Protege review
2001 4dr Sedan 103-horsepower 1.6L I4
4-speed automatic FWD
It was significantly lower than Toyota or Honda at the time. see full Mazda Protege review
 

What Our Members Are Saying about the Real Gas Mileage of the Pontiac Vibe

Pontiac Vibe Real Gas Mileage: Pros
YearBody/PowertrainComment
2009 4dr Hatch 132-horsepower 1.8L I4
5-speed manual FWD
I have gotten as low as 28 mpg and as high as 36 mpg. I like the fact that it is doing this well without being a hybrid. see full Pontiac Vibe review
2009 4dr Hatch 158-horsepower 2.4L I4
5-speed manual FWD
After driving larger cars & service trucks, I actually was looking forward to driving a smaller car again. see full Pontiac Vibe review
2009 4dr Hatch 158-horsepower 2.4L I4
5-speed manual FWD
For its size (2.4 l) the fuel economy is good see full Pontiac Vibe review
2009 4dr Hatch 132-horsepower 1.8L I4
4-speed automatic FWD
Very good fuel economy Kept mileage since new - averaging 30mpg over 17,000 miles see full Pontiac Vibe review
2009 4dr Hatch 132-horsepower 1.8L I4
4-speed automatic FWD
Excellent fuel economy see full Pontiac Vibe review
2009 4dr Hatch 158-horsepower 2.4L I4
5-speed manual FWD
considering weight 3075lb-its quiet and rides nice my 26 overall with the performance engine is the perfect middle for me. see full Pontiac Vibe review
2008 4dr Hatch 126-horsepower 1.8L I4
5-speed manual FWD
I continually average 32-35mpg with the Vibe. I don't think I would get that with the Patriot. see full Pontiac Vibe review
2008 4dr Hatch 126-horsepower 1.8L I4
4-speed automatic FWD
26 town 32 highway see full Pontiac Vibe review
2007 4dr Hatch 126-horsepower 1.8L I4
4-speed automatic FWD
It is excellent on gas see full Pontiac Vibe review
2007 4dr Hatch 126-horsepower 1.8L I4
4-speed automatic FWD
am actually getting better mileage than the EPA estimates....highway driving at 72 mph = 36 mpg.....at 60 mph mileage increases to 42 mpg see full Pontiac Vibe review
Pontiac Vibe Real Gas Mileage: Cons
YearBody/PowertrainComment
2008 4dr Hatch 126-horsepower 1.8L I4
4-speed automatic FWD
Mediocre fuel economy. Average 8.5L/100KM (27MPG) with range over 5 years from 6.5L (36MPG) to 9.5L (24MPG). Not bad compared to SUV but not as good as hoped. see full Pontiac Vibe review
2006 4dr Hatch 126-horsepower 1.8L I4
5-speed manual FWD
. see full Pontiac Vibe review