[Monterra]

Oh you mean those 3 series ads with numbers as tall as the screen 36 that they had to stop airing because the EPA decided to take BMW at their word, then tested and found otherwise? Those 3s?
Riddle me this, how in the world can a 316lb lighter, much slipperier (anyone have the drag figures?) 328i (RWD) get the same 33 hwy fuel economy with the same engine and gearing?
Hint: It Can't, so unless the EPA is out to screw them BMWs fuel economy figures for the X1 are complete BS and appear to be attainable only in a vacuum. Per my limited but not singular experience and trusting the computer I'd peg it at 19/27 and I think that still may be a touch optimistic, but while I'm being honest isn't all that bad, it just feels bad when you can't get over 27.x but the EPA "thinks" 33 should be attainable which I think should mean 30 (10% off) should be pretty easy, even in winter, but it isn't. 28 isn't either, not for me, and this was in a broken in loaner with 6+k on it.

I don't see how you're getting a calculated 30+ in the same car I was driving but on pancake flat hwy at 60-65 turning 17-1800RPMs, maybe it is possible. At 70-75, frequent rolling hills, its not, not in the cars I've sampled.