I figure efficiency improved as the years progressed even with the increases in horsepower, but if I remember right the sticker on the car said 24 or 26 highway during the first years of the car. I never expect to get sticker estimates, so I'm happy so long as it's in the 20s. I don't know how some people are getting that good mileage unless you're really cruising at the speed limit in top gear, which I'd love to do if the engine didn't apparently dislike it so much.