How Many Gas Pumps Can a Stinger Pass? Kia Releases EPA Info

Tim Healey
by Tim Healey

When I was in California this week to drive the all-new Kia Stinger, there was one key specification question that went unanswered – fuel economy. That’s because the numbers were being finalized as we sat in the press briefing.

Now we know the numbers, at least by the American standard.

For the 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder, the numbers are 22 mpg city/29 mpg highway/25 mpg combined for rear-wheel-drive models and 21/29/24 with all-wheel drive. For the 3.3-liter twin-turbocharged V6, the numbers come in at 19/25/21 for both layouts. Both engines mate to an eight-speed automatic transmission.

I ran a quick search for Canadian numbers, both via government sources and Kia’s Canadian consumer site, and it doesn’t appear the Canadian numbers are confirmed yet.

The final numbers seem about right, considering the turbo four-cylinder makes 255 horsepower and the twin-turbo V6 makes 365 hp. The four looks like a good choice for highway commuting while the V6 doesn’t pay too high a price for having a greater level of performance.

There’s still one more piece of the specs puzzle to fall into place, and that’s the model’s crash-test ratings. The Stinger hasn’t yet been tested.

[Image ©2017 Tim Healey/The Truth About Cars]

Tim Healey
Tim Healey

Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.

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  • Lorenzo Lorenzo on Nov 19, 2017

    Can those EPA numbers be achieved by a person driving normally with that turbo? I've had to drive like an old lady to keep the turbo from kicking in and sucking gas on a couple rentals. Maybe I'm a leadfoot driver, but the city figure looks impossible with a small four.

    • Arach Arach on Nov 20, 2017

      From my personal experience with Hyundai? Is I get MUCH better fuel economy than they advertise. My experience with my Porsche? I get about what they advertise... and Cadillac? I got WORSE fuel economy than they advertise. In my Hyundai Sonata 2.0T (I LOVE THIS MOTOR), which should be similar to the one put in this car's base version, I get around 32.7 fairly consistently driving to and from work. However, the "official fuel economy" is 24 mixed and 30 HWY. I know I'm just some guy on the internet though and therefore you don't want to believe me, but I'm being totally honest here. Even driving around town and staying off the highways I'm right around the 29/30 mark. Doing the same drive with my Porsche Cayenne, I get 17 MPG pretty much on the button. Its rated for 16 MPG mixed and 20 MPG highway. So in short, I'm getting 6% better than mixed rating on the cayenne and 36% better than mixed on the Hyundai Sonata. One of the reasons I'm excited about the stinger is I fully expect to net around 31 MPG in my work commute on the 2.0T, which I'm totally happy with.

  • Superdessucke Superdessucke on Nov 19, 2017

    What does the manual version get?

    • Arach Arach on Nov 20, 2017

      The manual version doesn't use a drop of gas... impressive, eh?

  • Dukeisduke Dukeisduke on Nov 20, 2017

    On Saturday, I signed up for a 3-day subscription on KGIS (Kia Global Information System), Kia's online source of shop manuals, diags, etc., to try to figure out why the SRS light is on in my daughter's 2012 Forte Koup. I'll probably end up taking it to the dealer, to at find out what component is bad. Anyway, just for grins, I looked to see if the Stinger is on KGIS, and yes, it is. The expanded drawings of various things like the engine include color drawings. The turbos on the 3.3 look like they come integrated with the exhaust manifolds, rather than being separate parts.

  • Bumpy ii Bumpy ii on Nov 20, 2017

    Yeah, that's pretty common on new turbo cars, along with the exhaust manifold being cast with the head.

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