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Kia Forte vs. Suzuki SX4 MPG

Chart is based on 326 fuel economy reports for the Kia Forte and 227 fuel economy reports for the Suzuki SX4.

Kia Forte MPG

Kia Forte Kia Forte 2015 30.7 MPG Highway Percentage 40 percent Kia Forte Kia Forte 2013 24.4 MPG Highway Percentage 23 percent Kia Forte Kia Forte 2012 28.1 MPG Highway Percentage 70 percent Kia Forte Kia Forte 2012 27.1 MPG Highway Percentage 52 percent Kia Forte Kia Forte 2011 31.3 MPG Highway Percentage 39 percent Kia Forte Kia Forte 2011 27.9 MPG Highway Percentage 30 percent Kia Forte Kia Forte 2011 28.4 MPG Highway Percentage 72 percent Kia Forte Kia Forte 2010 28.0 MPG Highway Percentage 45 percent Kia Forte Kia Forte 2010 26.4 MPG Highway Percentage 58 percent Kia Forte Kia Forte 2010 25.6 MPG Highway Percentage 23 percent Kia Forte Kia Forte 2010 28.3 MPG Highway Percentage 48 percent Kia Forte Kia Forte 2010 27.6 MPG Highway Percentage 59 percent Kia Forte Kia Forte 2010 23.1 MPG Highway Percentage 53 percent Kia Forte Kia Forte 2010 27.9 MPG Highway Percentage 73 percent Kia Forte Kia Forte 2010 32.1 MPG Highway Percentage 68 percent Kia Forte Kia Forte 2010 32.6 MPG Highway Percentage 56 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
2015 4dr Sedan 173-horsepower 2.0L I4
6-speed shiftable automatic FWD		 flat light light 0 5 55 40 97 30.7  
2013 4dr Sedan 156-horsepower 2.0L I4
6-speed shiftable automatic FWD		 flat med none 13 48 16 23 107 24.4  
2012 4dr Sedan 156-horsepower 2.0L I4
6-speed shiftable automatic FWD		 flat light light 0 30 0 70 90 28.1  
2012 4dr Hatch 156-horsepower 2.0L I4
6-speed shiftable automatic FWD		 flat light none 8 22 18 52 68 27.1  
2011 4dr Sedan 156-horsepower 2.0L I4
6-speed shiftable automatic FWD		 flat light hvy 0 28 32 39 72 31.3  
2011 4dr Sedan 156-horsepower 2.0L I4
6-speed manual FWD		 flat light none 0 0 70 30 70 27.9  
2011 4dr Hatch 156-horsepower 2.0L I4
6-speed shiftable automatic FWD		 flat light none 3 16 9 72 72 28.4  
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2010 4dr Sedan 173-horsepower 2.4L I4
6-speed manual FWD		 flat light hvy 10 20 25 45 60 28.0  
2010 4dr Sedan 173-horsepower 2.4L I4
5-speed shiftable automatic FWD		 hills med none 7 29 5 58 112 26.4  
2010 4dr Sedan 156-horsepower 2.0L I4
5-speed manual FWD		 flat med none 1 57 20 23 68 25.6  
2010 4dr Sedan 156-horsepower 2.0L I4
5-speed automatic FWD		 flat med light 2 40 10 48 68 28.3  
2010 4dr Sedan 156-horsepower 2.0L I4
4-speed automatic FWD		 flat light none 4 25 12 59 91 27.6  
2010 2dr Coupe 173-horsepower 2.4L I4
6-speed manual FWD		 hills lead light 28 15 5 53 100 23.1  
2010 2dr Coupe 173-horsepower 2.4L I4
5-speed shiftable automatic FWD		 flat med light 3 7 17 73 67 27.9  
2010 2dr Coupe 156-horsepower 2.0L I4
5-speed manual FWD		 flat med hvy 0 20 13 68 73 32.1  
2010 2dr Coupe 156-horsepower 2.0L I4
4-speed automatic FWD		 flat light hvy 5 9 30 56 65 32.6  

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Suzuki SX4 MPG

Suzuki SX4 Suzuki SX4 2012 21.6 MPG Highway Percentage 10 percent Suzuki SX4 Suzuki SX4 2011 32.3 MPG Highway Percentage 34 percent Suzuki SX4 Suzuki SX4 2011 31.5 MPG Highway Percentage 75 percent Suzuki SX4 Suzuki SX4 2011 23.0 MPG Highway Percentage 25 percent Suzuki SX4 Suzuki SX4 2010 33.0 MPG Highway Percentage 68 percent Suzuki SX4 Suzuki SX4 2010 27.1 MPG Highway Percentage 80 percent Suzuki SX4 Suzuki SX4 2010 25.6 MPG Highway Percentage 65 percent Suzuki SX4 Suzuki SX4 2010 24.3 MPG Highway Percentage 50 percent Suzuki SX4 Suzuki SX4 2009 27.6 MPG Highway Percentage 57 percent Suzuki SX4 Suzuki SX4 2009 29.6 MPG Highway Percentage 50 percent Suzuki SX4 Suzuki SX4 2009 25.0 MPG Highway Percentage 56 percent Suzuki SX4 Suzuki SX4 2008 31.2 MPG Highway Percentage 41 percent Suzuki SX4 Suzuki SX4 2008 26.2 MPG Highway Percentage 44 percent Suzuki SX4 Suzuki SX4 2008 31.7 MPG Highway Percentage 63 percent Suzuki SX4 Suzuki SX4 2008 27.1 MPG Highway Percentage 58 percent Suzuki SX4 Suzuki SX4 2008 27.3 MPG Highway Percentage 83 percent Suzuki SX4 Suzuki SX4 2008 25.8 MPG Highway Percentage 56 percent Suzuki SX4 Suzuki SX4 2007 29.9 MPG Highway Percentage 33 percent Suzuki SX4 Suzuki SX4 2007 26.2 MPG Highway Percentage 44 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
2012 4dr Hatch 148-horsepower 2.0L I4
6-speed shiftable CVT 4WD		 flat med none 0 0 90 10 80 21.6  
2011 4dr Hatch 150-horsepower 2.0L I4
6-speed manual FWD		 flat light light 1 15 50 34 70 32.3  
2011 4dr Hatch 150-horsepower 2.0L I4
6-speed manual 4WD		 hills med none 0 8 18 75 73 31.5  
2011 4dr Hatch 148-horsepower 2.0L I4
6-speed shiftable CVT 4WD		 hills med light 25 25 25 25 70 23.0  
2010 4dr Hatch 150-horsepower 2.0L I4
6-speed manual 4WD		 flat light none 2 10 20 68 70 33.0  
2010 4dr Hatch 148-horsepower 2.0L I4
6-speed shiftable CVT FWD		 flat light light 0 10 10 80 110 27.1  
2010 4dr Hatch 148-horsepower 2.0L I4
6-speed shiftable CVT 4WD		 flat light none 1 13 21 65 90 25.6  
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2010 4dr Hatch 118-horsepower 1.6L I4
4-speed automatic FWD		 flat med hvy 10 20 20 50 80 24.3  
2009 4dr Sedan 143-horsepower 2.0L I4
4-speed automatic FWD		 flat light none 1 41 0 57 80 27.6  
2009 4dr Hatch 143-horsepower 2.0L I4
5-speed manual 4WD		 hills light light 8 10 33 50 67 29.6  
2009 4dr Hatch 143-horsepower 2.0L I4
4-speed automatic 4WD		 flat light light 13 19 12 56 63 25.0  
2008 4dr Sedan 143-horsepower 2.0L I4
5-speed manual FWD		 hills med light 5 20 33 41 65 31.2  
2008 4dr Sedan 143-horsepower 2.0L I4
4-speed automatic FWD		 flat med light 8 42 6 44 71 26.2  
2008 4dr Hatch 143-horsepower 2.0L I4
5-speed manual FWD		 flat med light 13 13 13 63 100 31.7  
2008 4dr Hatch 143-horsepower 2.0L I4
5-speed manual 4WD		 flat light light 5 16 21 58 68 27.1  
2008 4dr Hatch 143-horsepower 2.0L I4
4-speed automatic FWD		 flat light none 3 12 2 83 100 27.3  
2008 4dr Hatch 143-horsepower 2.0L I4
4-speed automatic 4WD		 hills light light 4 19 21 56 65 25.8  
2007 4dr Hatch 143-horsepower 2.0L I4
5-speed manual 4WD		 hills light none 2 12 54 33 65 29.9  
2007 4dr Hatch 143-horsepower 2.0L I4
4-speed automatic 4WD		 hills light light 8 18 31 44 66 26.2  

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Kia Forte vs. Suzuki SX4 MPG

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TrueDelta Reviews the Real Gas Mileage of the Kia Forte

Kia Forte Real Gas Mileage: Pros
YearComment
2019 The Kia Forte's EPA fuel economy ratings of 30 mpg city and 40 mpg highway aren't quite best in class, but they're close. Unless you include the 55/49 Honda Insight and the 53/52 Toyota Corolla Hybrid in the class--then they're not so close. In my real-world suburban driving I observed trip computer averages in the low 40s in the Forte, similar to a 2016 Civic LX with a similarly sized, similarly non-turbo engine. A Civic EX, with a turbocharged 1.5-liter engine, should do a few mpg better. In the hybrid Honda Insight, I observed suburban trip computer averages in the 60s, but "only" 40 mpg on the highway, not even as good as the non-hybrids. see full Kia Forte review
Kia Forte Real Gas Mileage: Cons
YearComment
I've made it through the top reasons to buy a Kia Forte SX, but no mention of performance and handling (the reasons to upgrade from lesser trims) yet. But neither is the top reason not to buy one, either. Okay, maybe handling is. I'm trying to decide as I write this. Handling definitely isn't the car's largest weakness. That would be fuel economy. With a manual transmission, the Kia Forte SX achieves worst-in-class EPA ratings: 22 mpg city and 29 mpg highway. (The automatic goes a mile farther on each highway gallon.) Mind you, the Civic doesn't do much better, with 22/31. But the big-engined Mazda achieves 25/37 with a manual, and a lofty 28/39 with an automatic. And the much quicker Volkswagen GTI scores 25/34 and 25/33, respectively. The Forte EX, with its larger but non-turbocharged engine, is more competitive: 24/33 with the manual and 25/36 with the automatic. Maybe the Forte SX just doesn't test well. In my suburban driving the trip computer reported averages between 25 and 40 (depending on the frequency of stops and the heaviness of my right foot), with most in the low 30s. The trip computers in the Honda, Mazda, and Volkswagen all reported about the same. The Kia's trip computer also reported better-than-EPA averages on the highway, but not by as wide a margin. Short gearing restricted 70-mph-highway averages to about 33, well short of the high 30s observed in the others. see full Kia Forte review
 

What Our Members Are Saying about the Real Gas Mileage of the Kia Forte

Kia Forte Real Gas Mileage: Pros
YearBody/PowertrainComment
2012 4dr Sedan 156-horsepower 2.0L I4
6-speed shiftable automatic FWD		 After many trips up and down the eastern USA coast (NY-FL and back) It has proven itself reliable and seems to do very well on the highway. Available power is decent, and fuel mileage is really good. It's unusual f we don't get at least the rated 33MPG but usually are between 35 and 38 with a full passenger load and moderately filled trunk. see full Kia Forte review
2011 4dr Hatch 156-horsepower 2.0L I4
6-speed shiftable automatic FWD		 I was able to get 33 on my first tank going 75 on 90% highway driving and 27 with more mixed driving and highway driving at a highr speed. see full Kia Forte review
2010 2dr Coupe 173-horsepower 2.4L I4
5-speed shiftable automatic FWD		 even with a lead foot i get 20-24 mpg and on a long road trip 600 miles easily achieved 33 mpg, while still being fun to drive see full Kia Forte review
2010 4dr Sedan 156-horsepower 2.0L I4
4-speed automatic FWD		 Seemed rather impressive, especially given its acceleration relative to others in the class. see full Kia Forte review
 

What Our Members Are Saying about the Real Gas Mileage of the Suzuki SX4

Suzuki SX4 Real Gas Mileage: Pros
YearBody/PowertrainComment
2011 4dr Hatch 150-horsepower 2.0L I4
6-speed manual 4WD		 6-speed adds 2-3 mpg over 2009 see full Suzuki SX4 review
2009 4dr Sedan 143-horsepower 2.0L I4
4-speed automatic FWD		 better than my vw jetta. over 30mpg on highway. see full Suzuki SX4 review
2009 4dr Hatch 143-horsepower 2.0L I4
4-speed automatic 4WD		 22.4 MPG for a all wheel drive, not too bad. see full Suzuki SX4 review
2008 4dr Hatch 143-horsepower 2.0L I4
5-speed manual 4WD		 Even being all wheel drive, I usually achieve around 33-34 highway. see full Suzuki SX4 review
2008 4dr Hatch 143-horsepower 2.0L I4
5-speed manual 4WD		 Not bad for this size/weight car see full Suzuki SX4 review
2008 4dr Hatch 143-horsepower 2.0L I4
4-speed automatic 4WD		 Better than my work vehicles, subaru and xtrail. Seeing I do mostly mountain driving in snow, ice or rain it seems to be ok. 9.4/l00k see full Suzuki SX4 review
2008 4dr Hatch 143-horsepower 2.0L I4
4-speed automatic 4WD		 For a car with AWD and 143 Horse power and weight, it is good. It is much better than any other crossover out there. If I didnt live in such a hilly area with many lights Iwould probobly get around 27mpg average. on the highway i get 28-29mpg Hilly. see full Suzuki SX4 review
2008 4dr Hatch 143-horsepower 2.0L I4
5-speed manual 4WD		 Car gets 30+ mpg on the highway depending on how hard I push it. at 70mph it gets 28 and at 50 mph it is well above 32 see full Suzuki SX4 review
2008 4dr Hatch 143-horsepower 2.0L I4
5-speed manual 4WD		 Better than any other AWD vehicle I researched. see full Suzuki SX4 review
2008 4dr Hatch 143-horsepower 2.0L I4
5-speed manual 4WD		 I average 31 mpg on the highway, even over the passes. Half as much fuel as my Ford. see full Suzuki SX4 review
Suzuki SX4 Real Gas Mileage: Cons
YearBody/PowertrainComment
2009 4dr Hatch 143-horsepower 2.0L I4
4-speed automatic 4WD		 Currently we are getting about 22mpg, but we have only had the car for a couple of months, and we are both pretty heavy footed. see full Suzuki SX4 review
2009 4dr Hatch 143-horsepower 2.0L I4
4-speed automatic 4WD		 Comparatively low for such a small vehicle: even taking AWD into considetaion. see full Suzuki SX4 review
2009 4dr Hatch 143-horsepower 2.0L I4
5-speed manual 4WD		 Not good mpg for a small car, but good for AWD car see full Suzuki SX4 review
2008 4dr Hatch 143-horsepower 2.0L I4
4-speed automatic 4WD		 gas mileage suffers in town and 22-24mpg around the city feels hig for a car with a footprint this small see full Suzuki SX4 review
2008 4dr Hatch 143-horsepower 2.0L I4
4-speed automatic 4WD		 It seems that a car built for 2008 should be getting better mpg than this car gets. I would think that 25+ mpg around town and 33+ mpg on the hiway/freeway would be more reasonable. I only get 20-21 and 27-28 respectively. see full Suzuki SX4 review