2.0L fuel economy

[Cip87]

This is just city, no highway:
Comfort mode, auto start/stop disabled, stock rims and recommended tire pressure, easy on the gas, nothing crazy, just normal driving:

Moderate city traffic with many stop lights - 11-13l/100km
Heavy city traffic - 15-18l/100km
Stop and go, insane heavy traffic - even goes over 22l/100km ;(

Any ideas? I feel this is way to high for the 2.0l. Car has about 5500km on it and I did not notice any fuel economy changes since I got it, pretty much the same.

I heard people talking that fuel economy will get better after the first service at 10.000km but I can't see a reason why...Any ideas?

 

[Rob M]

Converting 11-13l/100km = 18 - 21 MPG(US).

This is perfectly normal for what you describe (city, many stop lights). Here's a quote from a carscoops.com article on the 2.0l:

"One particularly obvious advantage of the 2.0-liter is fuel economy. Kia quotes an average consumption of 8.8 liters per 100 km (26.7 mpg). On a number of highway jaunts, we were able to slip into the 7.0 l/100 km (33.6 mpg) range, but if you drive the Stinger 2.0L more aggressively in urban environments, fuel consumption near 15.0 l/100 km (15.7 mpg) isn’t out the question."
Driven: 2020 Kia Stinger 2.0L GT-Line Surprises As A Superb All-Rounder | Carscoops

Another thing that I've mentioned in these fuel economy discussions a couple times is that the US Environmental Protection Agency fuel economy dynamometer test schedules are not necessarily representative of real world driving, especially when it comes to city estimates. Notice that stops are not for very long (no more than 40s, most far shorter), some of the speeds are high (up to 56.7 mph), and there are intervals of more than 2 min where there are no stops. So, it can be very difficult to get the estimated fuel economy.

 

[G-188609]

Idk but I,ve never seen 30mpg even on the highway. Do you have to be really light footed on the gas and go at around 60mph to get that? Do you know if anything changes after the first oil change? I guess US stinger owners don’t drive 90% of the time in moderate city traffic and that’s why I am seeing from 25 mpg and up on this forum

 

[MerlintheMad]

3.3L in-city MPG averages have been shared on here at or below 15 MPG. So, 5 MPG higher than that for the 2.0L is noticeably better. I think that most drivers who were attracted to this car find it really difficult to resist zooming from stop to stop. I see the traffic ahead and just idle up to the light, so my in-city driving in heavy stop-and-go traffic trends toward 19 MPG plus. If I gave into temptation, I'd be seeing 14 MPG too.