Pontiac Grand Prix vs. Mazda Protege MPG

Chart is based on 102 fuel economy reports for the Pontiac Grand Prix and 100 fuel economy reports for the Mazda Protege.

Pontiac Grand Prix MPG

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
2008	4dr Sedan 303-horsepower 5.3L V8 4-speed shiftable automatic FWD	flat	med	none	7	39	32	21	61	20.0
2008	4dr Sedan 200-horsepower 3.8L V6 4-speed automatic FWD	hills	light	hvy	0	0	100	0	N/A	20.5
2007	4dr Sedan supercharged 260hp 3.8L V6 4-speed automatic FWD	flat	med	none	3	37	10	50	63	19.7
2007	4dr Sedan 200-horsepower 3.8L V6 4-speed automatic FWD	hills	light	none	17	24	8	53	63	23.7
2006	4dr Sedan supercharged 260hp 3.8L V6 4-speed automatic FWD	flat	med	light	3	43	23	33	100	20.8
2006	4dr Sedan 303-horsepower 5.3L V8 4-speed shiftable automatic FWD	flat	med	light	5	22	28	45	69	18.4
2006	4dr Sedan 200-horsepower 3.8L V6 4-speed automatic FWD	flat	med	light	10	11	31	49	69	24.4
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2005	4dr Sedan supercharged 260hp 3.8L V6 4-speed automatic FWD	hills	med	hvy	0	0	5	95	70	28.0
2005	4dr Sedan 303-horsepower 5.3L V8 4-speed shiftable automatic FWD	flat	med	none	7	23	45	25	65	17.9
2005	4dr Sedan 200-horsepower 3.8L V6 4-speed automatic FWD	flat	light	none	10	24	21	45	65	23.5
2004	4dr Sedan supercharged 260hp 3.8L V6 4-speed shiftable automatic FWD	hills	med	light	26	23	23	28	72	20.6
2004	4dr Sedan supercharged 260hp 3.8L V6 4-speed automatic FWD	hills	med	none	0	40	40	20	65	19.6
2004	4dr Sedan 200-horsepower 3.8L V6 4-speed automatic FWD	flat	med	light	3	7	20	70	77	27.5
2003	4dr Sedan 200-horsepower 3.8L V6 4-speed automatic FWD	flat	med	light	19	23	25	34	60	22.4
2003	4dr Sedan 175-horsepower 3.1L V6 4-speed automatic FWD	flat	med	none	9	10	80	1	100	26.1
2002	4dr Sedan supercharged 240hp 3.8L V6 4-speed automatic FWD	flat	med	light	66	8	3	23	64	22.4
2002	4dr Sedan 200-horsepower 3.8L V6 4-speed automatic FWD	flat	med	none	2	25	70	3	75	20.9
2002	2dr Coupe 200-horsepower 3.8L V6 4-speed automatic FWD	flat	med	light	0	17	28	56	65	21.4
2001	4dr Sedan supercharged 240hp 3.8L V6 4-speed automatic FWD	flat	light	light	9	5	5	83	80	24.3
2001	4dr Sedan 200-horsepower 3.8L V6 4-speed automatic FWD	flat	v.lt	none	0	0	1	99	60	31.0
2001	4dr Sedan 175-horsepower 3.1L V6 4-speed automatic FWD	flat	v.lt	light	0	2	3	95	80	28.1
2000	4dr Sedan 200-horsepower 3.8L V6 4-speed automatic FWD	flat	light	none	5	5	5	85	70	24.5

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Mazda Protege MPG

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

Pontiac Grand Prix Real Gas Mileage: Pros
Year	Body/Powertrain	Comment
2006	4dr Sedan 200-horsepower 3.8L V6 4-speed automatic FWD	it was listed as being better than the impalla see full Pontiac Grand Prix review
2006	4dr Sedan 200-horsepower 3.8L V6 4-speed automatic FWD	Good for a speedy V6 and a huge car. see full Pontiac Grand Prix review
2005	4dr Sedan 200-horsepower 3.8L V6 4-speed automatic FWD	Thus far, I have averaged 23 and 26 mpg, both times have had roughly a 70 mile highway trip out of 200 miles. Overall, I find this to be acceptable. see full Pontiac Grand Prix review
2002	4dr Sedan 200-horsepower 3.8L V6 4-speed automatic FWD	HORRIBLE. 12-16mpg combined with both city and driving. see full Pontiac Grand Prix review
2002	4dr Sedan supercharged 240hp 3.8L V6 4-speed automatic FWD	BEFORE the switch to ethanol-mixed fuel, my supercharged V6 averaged 22mpg, getting 19 city and a staggering 34 highway. If you do long highway miles and want more comfort than any econo-box can offer, this is the car for you! see full Pontiac Grand Prix review

Pontiac Grand Prix Real Gas Mileage: Cons
Year	Body/Powertrain	Comment
2006	4dr Sedan 303-horsepower 5.3L V8 4-speed shiftable automatic FWD	Great V8 exhaust note and instant acceleration comes at the cost of about 19 mpg in combined driving, versus 25 with my new car. That is a 30% increase. (the new car is 600 pounds lighter though...) see full Pontiac Grand Prix review
2005	4dr Sedan 303-horsepower 5.3L V8 4-speed shiftable automatic FWD	17-19 mpg in the city. 25 If I drive on the intersate. 30 is possible at 60mph. Most of my driving is in the city. The beautiful v8 makes it impossible to stay out of the gas, but it can run on REG fuel. see full Pontiac Grand Prix review

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

Mazda Protege Real Gas Mileage: Pros
Year	Body/Powertrain	Comment
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
Year	Body/Powertrain	Comment
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