Real-world fuel economy

Chevrolet Real MPG by model

Real-world fuel economy for 16 Chevrolet models, reported by owners and set against the official figure engine by engine, from 517 submissions. Pick a model for the full engine table and to add your own figure.

Chevrolet aveo

2008–on · 9 engines with real-world data

45.7mpg

54 submissions

Chevrolet Captiva

2007–2015 · 4 engines with real-world data

31.4mpg

98 submissions

Chevrolet Cruze

2009–2015 · 13 engines with real-world data

38.5mpg

92 submissions

Chevrolet Matiz

2005–2010 · 3 engines with real-world data

47.2mpg

39 submissions

Chevrolet Orlando

2011–2015 · 4 engines with real-world data

32.2mpg

56 submissions

Chevrolet Trax

2013–2015 · 5 engines with real-world data

41.2mpg

27 submissions

Other Chevrolet models

Models where too few engines have real-world figures for a page of their own. The data we hold is here rather than lost.

Chevrolet Camaro

2012–2015

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official figures only

Engines and official figures

Chevrolet Camaro (2012–2015)

Convertible: official 20.0 mpg
Convertible Automatic: official 21.5 mpg
Coupe: official 20.0 mpg
Coupe Automatic: official 21.5 mpg

Chevrolet Corvette

2005–2015

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official figures only

Engines and official figures

Chevrolet Corvette C6 (2005–2015)

6.2 V8: official 21.2–21.7 mpg
6.2 V8 Automatic: official 21.1 mpg
6.2 V8 Automatic Convertible: official 21.1 mpg
6.2 V8 Convertible: official 21.2–21.7 mpg
Z06: official 19.2 mpg
ZR1: official 18.8 mpg

Chevrolet Cruze Station Wagon

2012–2015

45.3mpg

12 submissions

Engines and official figures

Chevrolet Cruze Station Wagon (2012–2015)

1.4: official 49.5 mpg
1.6: official 42.8 mpg
1.7 VCDi: official 62.7 mpg, real 55.5 mpg (88%)
1.7 VCDi 110: official 72.4 mpg
1.7 VCDi 130: official 62.7 mpg
1.8 Automatic: official 39.2 mpg, real 27.5 mpg (70%)
2.0 VCDi Automatic: official 45.5 mpg

Chevrolet Epica

2008–2010

37.9mpg

16 submissions

Engines and official figures

Chevrolet Epica (2008–2010)

2.0 VCDi: official 37.2–46.3 mpg, real 44.7 mpg (107%)

Chevrolet Kalos

2005–2008

36.4mpg

5 submissions

Engines and official figures

Chevrolet Kalos (2005–2008)

1.2: official 44.1 mpg, real 32.0 mpg (73%)
1.4: official 42.1 mpg
1.4 16V: official 42.1 mpg, real 39.3 mpg (93%)

Chevrolet Lacetti

2005–2011

34.4mpg

9 submissions

Engines and official figures

Chevrolet Lacetti (2005–2011)

1.4: official 39.2 mpg
1.6: official 39.7 mpg, real 36.0 mpg (91%)
1.6 Automatic: official 34.9 mpg, real 29.5 mpg (85%)
1.8: official 38.1–38.2 mpg

Chevrolet Lacetti Station Wagon

2005–on

31.1mpg

9 submissions

Engines and official figures

Chevrolet Lacetti Station Wagon (2005 - on) (2005–on)

1.6: official 36.2 mpg, real 33.8 mpg (93%)
1.8: official 32.1–38.1 mpg, real 25.8 mpg (80%)

Chevrolet Spark

2010–2015

46.5mpg

81 submissions

Engines and official figures

Chevrolet Spark (2010–2015)

1.0: official 55.4–56.5 mpg, real 47.5 mpg (85%)

Chevrolet Tacuma

2005–2008

29.8mpg

7 submissions

Engines and official figures

Chevrolet Tacuma (2005–2008)

1.6: official 35.3 mpg, real 29.8 mpg (85%)
2.0 Automatic: official 31.8 mpg

Chevrolet Volt

2012–2014

208.4mpg

12 submissions

Engines and official figures

Chevrolet Volt (2012–2014)

Volt: official 235.0 mpg, real 208.4 mpg (89%)

Where the Chevrolet figures come from

Rebuilt from the archived Honest John Real MPG dataset after the site closed in 2026, with the official NEDC and WLTP figures kept alongside the owner-reported averages, plus new submissions from CarAdCheck readers. Each model page links to the archived page it was built from.

CarAdCheck is not affiliated with Honest John or Volkswagen Financial Services. How we rebuilt Real MPG.

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