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Hello Everyone,
I've been researching and test driving a lot over the past couple months, and I am finally planning to order my Terrain tomorrow! The information on this board has been very helpful, thank you to the admin and all contributors for getting all this information together in one place.
Something I did not see was a comparison of the fuel economy of the two engines, in real world terms. I made the attached chart for my own information and thought you guys might find it useful too. Hopefully I can attach... here goes.
This is of course for the AWD model as stated, and as you can see the savings does not appear to be that significant with the 4-cyl engine. Even if you are more aggressive (if that's the right word in this case) and can get 26 mpg combined on the smaller engine, it's still less than $500 annual savings in fuel. That's not necessarily insignificant for everyone, but not enough to make me want the 4-cyl engine. I did drive both, and was actually quite impressed with how well the 4-cyl engine drives; pretty quiet, enough torque off the line if no hills, and smooth. But the 6-cyl was better all around, and if the annual fuel cost is not that much different, it's an easy choice for me.
Hope this is helpful for prospective buyers. Your feedback is always appreciated.
I've been researching and test driving a lot over the past couple months, and I am finally planning to order my Terrain tomorrow! The information on this board has been very helpful, thank you to the admin and all contributors for getting all this information together in one place.
Something I did not see was a comparison of the fuel economy of the two engines, in real world terms. I made the attached chart for my own information and thought you guys might find it useful too. Hopefully I can attach... here goes.
This is of course for the AWD model as stated, and as you can see the savings does not appear to be that significant with the 4-cyl engine. Even if you are more aggressive (if that's the right word in this case) and can get 26 mpg combined on the smaller engine, it's still less than $500 annual savings in fuel. That's not necessarily insignificant for everyone, but not enough to make me want the 4-cyl engine. I did drive both, and was actually quite impressed with how well the 4-cyl engine drives; pretty quiet, enough torque off the line if no hills, and smooth. But the 6-cyl was better all around, and if the annual fuel cost is not that much different, it's an easy choice for me.
Hope this is helpful for prospective buyers. Your feedback is always appreciated.
