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This isn't always the case. When they do, it's typically because they're smaller cars, with less weight, less surface for the wind to resist, etc. But a four cylinder engine which has to struggle in order to get the car moving isn't necessarily going to get better mileage than the six cylinder engine requiring a lot less effort.

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