Even if it's slightly optimistic (talked to Manskee, he took those readings in Manila), it's a fair sight better than the V6 CX9.

That old car did 3-4 km/l in traffic and 7 km/l on long trips.

Granted, most CX-9 owners (and myself, when I tested it) do 100-120 on the highway... but I never saw better than 10-12 km/l from that car... and that's with hypermiling. Manskee drives a lot faster than I do, so for him to get 12 km/l on the highway is a very good sign.

I've no doubt it will be similar to the Fozzie XT in traffic... but then, it could be possible that the CX9 does eke out a slight advantage with iStop and Mazda's proprietary high-compression SkyActiv engine architecture.