I got my Venue at the end of January and I've got 15K miles on it now. I drive it mainly for work at many different locations, so some days it's 5 miles, some it's 300. It is packed full of tools, test equipment, parts, etc. It seems to have a MPG sweet-spot at 45-55mph where I get between 42 and 45 mpg. If I'm on the highway cruising at 80mph, it drops to 35 mpg. Still really good miles per gallon. I'm pretty hard on the little car, but the manual transmission make it so much fun to drive.