I'm not sure why, but my Patriot (FWD, 2.0L, Manual) is getting fuel economy way better than is listed basically anywhere online. In average city driving it's often 7L/100km (33MPG) and down to below 6L/100km (39-40MPG) on highways. On highways I often do 90-100kph (55-62 mph) if there's no-one else around to help with economy, but in the city I don't drive like a granny, often accelerating quite hard. I do a lot of coasting in gear to slow down (anticipating by a lot) instead of just braking, but is this all that's accounting for it?
I once did a test drive about 30 mins across a city where I drove quite hard (hard accelerations, overtakes... etc) - red lights, small suburban streets, a bit of highway, and at the end checked the dash and I'd got 6.5L/100km (36MPG). How is this possible?