V6 auto 140,000 miles on the clock 24 mpg mixture of urban A roads short trips to work 1 mile and a dozen sub 20 mile trips to local city's, Gloucester , Hereford, Worcester, 36 mpg on long motor way trips, did see 39 mpg once but that was before I got the air con recharged and on all year round, suspect driving style has more to do with getting good mpg than what transmission type you have, red line a manual all through the gears all the time and over take everything on the road blipping the throttle on the down change and you will get rubbish mpg.