I Tried To Hyper-Mile A Hybrid Corolla - Here's What Happened...

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The thoughts, feelings, and opinions expressed in this video are the sole thoughts of Zack and no one else. The thoughts expressed in this video do not reflect the owner, dealership, or organization that owns the vehicle featured. The purpose of this video is to provide entertainment with the hope that you will take what you see and formulate your own opinions. DO NOT make a financial decision based off of this video.



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[hsinsher]

You can do AC full blast and still get decent mileage with that thing

[AndrewTrainor-ue]

This is the characteristic stuff you do so well! The music build up that shows you slowly going crazy and a hyper-mile record attempt that was spontaneous! Keep up all the great work you do!

[girthycucumber]

The M20A is such a great engine, I've been to achieve 47mpg in my non hybrid Corolla and consistently average about 40 and I'm never able to get less than 28, not to mention it's quiet and powerful for what it is. I love the Dynamic Force engines because they're not just impressive on paper they deliver good real world performance as well.

[SouthsideKidd]

I own a 2024 Toyota Corolla Hybrid LE. The SE Hybrid gets slight lower MPGs than the LE due to the wheel and tire size. I'm currently in St. Louis, MO on a business trip. I drove the 8.5 hours from Atlanta, GA to St. Louis, MO via I-75 North to I-24 (Chattanooga, TN), I-57 (Paducah, KY) to I-64 (Mt. Vernon, IL) and I-70 (Bridgeton, Earth City, St. Charles, MO). Going through the Tennessee Mountains, I averaged out 47.8 MPG @ 72 MPH on cruise control. On flat land, averaged out 58.2 @ 72 MPH on cruise control. So yes, Toyota is correct on the 53-55 MPG Avg for the Corolla Hybrid LE. I can't speak for the SE and XSE Hybrid models because I dont own either one.😊

[zakducharme]

I feel like if you have the LE front wheel drive, you’d be a lot closer

[davinp]

When you are driving a small car like a Corolla and have a truck behind you with bright headlights that can seem blinding

[bbkmm]

I drove my 98 Corolla conservatively in 2005 due to Hurricane Katrina causing the gas price to go from $1.80 to $3.00. I got around 47MPG

[matthewfuller]

Do the same trip with a new Honda Civic Hybrid. Should be an interesting comparison.

[FATBOY]

I have a 2015 Toyota Corolla LE, 1.8L 4 cylinder and I get 39 mpg consistently.

[ivanidread]

Fun video, a couple of things though:The AC in that hybrid is electrically powered so you could have kept your cool after all. Hybrids get better mileage in stop and go traffic then they do in highway driving.

[pius_xiv]

I’m so glad you did this. 54 MPG is great for this car. Maybe the next gen Corolla with the updated hybrid system will be better. I don’t hyper-mile, but I have driven 5 hours averaging 60 MPH with little A/C usage, and my MPG for that trip I has been exactly 50 MPG. And I have the AWD Nightshade Edition with the 225 width tires. Part of me wishes I would have waited for the next gen but, who knows. The price might increase and maybe reliability will decrease. I’d like to think that this generation Corolla and this generation hybrid system is tried and true.

[rightlanehog]

Zack, You can add 1.5 mpg to offset the effects of all the bugs that accumulated on the front of the car on a summer nighttime drive. 🦟🦗 The oversized wheels on that Corolla SE are certainly not helping mpg, the base 16" rims would be much better.

[PenguTT-shoe]

I have a 2015 L with a 6 speed manual and 52 is the best I’ve ever gotten in 1 gas tank. It was a long highway drive and we lost 700 feet of elevation.

[lucaskowcz]

PFFFF. A jetta with the 1.5 turbo can get those numbers. I got a whole tank from cleveland ohio to the boarder of Iowa. 100 miles left in the tank.

[mikemichaud]

I feel that I can get better gas mileage not using my cruise control....Great video Zack!👍

[erek]

The display is showing Average MPG not MPG per trip. Its algorithm will favor the most recent instantaneous MPG over what you had at the start of the trip. Also, use your phone GPS to confirm the speedometer is calibrated.

[superlight]

You will not get 60s doing highway driving. you need local street street driving with little to no traffic to get 60mps or higher. In my 2024 RAV4 Hybrid, I get up 50 mpg to 60+mpg and on one occasion 70+mpg. I was just recently on a trip from NY to Montreal QC almost 400 miles. I was getting 45+ to 50mpg. On my trip back to NY I was averaging lest, but still better then 41 mpg because I wanted to make in back home in 6h, 30min. I made it back in 6h and 40min.

[paulmcdonald]

Love your site. Please keep up your good work.

[djplonghead]

Did you put your flashers on because of the speed you were going?

[karoltakisobie]

Not long ago we had economy cars that did 40mpg and better with half of technology and quarter of the cost of Corolla hybrid. Civic hatchbacks were great if one took it easy and nothing could beat Suzuki Swift/ Geo Metro . Even my cheap 95 Hyundai accent did great milage.