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Saturn says the 2004 Vue can accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in just 7 seconds, which is pretty quick (and about 1.5 seconds quicker than the 2003 model). Yet EPA fuel economy ratings remain unchanged (19/25 mpg for the AWD V6). Variable-valve timing enhances high-end power, low-end torque and fuel economy.
The small-displacement engine is presumably intended to imbue the Trax with small-car-like fuel economy, but it falls short in that regard as well. We measured just 30 mpg in our 75-mph highway fuel-economy test, three short of the EPAâs highway rating. The significantly more powerful Kia Soul Turbo, which gets to 60 mph nearly three seconds quicker than the Trax, also hit 30 mpg in our testing.