it depends i guess, i'm getting similar fuel economy at the moment (11.4L/100k's), but thats around town, with climate control probably on all the time.

and its still questionable as to economy differences... 3rd gens have no knock sensor, so not everyone has noticed the same differences you 'appear' to have done

meh, theres other threads for this convo, and enuff discussion been done on it over the years!