Why are 4 cylinder Toyota Camrys so bad on gas?

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I don’t own one, but everything I’ve read about the 4 cylinder Camry shows it getting an average of 22-23 city and 27-28 highway. This is the real world average that I’ve seen on all of the gas tracking web sites such as fueleconomy.gov and so on. My question is why does Toyota claim a solid 30-31 MPG highway for the 4 cylinder model of the Camry when that’s obviously not the case as noted by actual owners?

Also, why is it so bad on gas especially to be a 4 banger? I realize that it is a bigger car with a 2.2 liter engine and not the tiny 1.8 offered in the Corolla, but shouldn’t the Camry still be seeing more along the lines of 32+ mpg on a regular basis?
 
the problem is because it is old and the cars probably arent given routine mainteness like oil changes, spark plug changes, and maybe they arent running on properly inflated tires
 
Your confused the corolla gets that milage the camry is less because it weighs almost 2 tons
 
miles per gallon test are done at 55 mph on a straight stretch of road. my 1991 camry gets about 33-34 at 55 mph and 30 at 70 -75 mph on the hiway. thats with a 2.0 l engine. up the engine by 10% 2.2 l and you will see a decrease in mpg at both speeds.
 
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