Comparison MPG MPH Oil-Sands 
Clean Fleet Report
APRIL 18, 2022
The “wet” part of a DCT means it uses oil to improve lubrication and cooling. A “dry” DCT does not use oil, but is the more fuel efficient of the two types. Note: For our purposes here, a continuously variable transmission (CVT) does not have gears, so is not part of this comparison. The tail end is where things get interesting.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 27, 2017
However, it is also more fuel efficient, picking up 2 mpg on the EPA combined cycle rating—an increase of 9% over the 2017 model. (As EPA-estimated fuel economy for front-wheel drive models rises to 22 mpg in city driving, 27 mpg on the highway and 24 mpg in combined driving. By comparison, the 2017 Tiguan with 2.0L
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