Would you say that epa est. 35mpg hwy/25 city good gas mileage in today's standards?

I currently am driving a 2002 Honda Civic LX which I love, but might end up getting a newer car. Right now I'm averaging 26mpg with my Civic because I'm usually driving around town, and the only time I'm really on the highway is on my 60 mi round trip to school.

The car I plan on getting is a 2014-2017 Jetta. I test drove the '17 Passat on a 1,000 mi road trip to Northern California and loved it and averaged 30 mpg the whole trip. I know that both the Jetta SEL and the Passat SEL share the same 1.8T engine. I liked the peppiness of the engine and the overall smoothness of the ride. The 1.4T engine gets even better gas mileage, but I feel as though the power might lack. Is 35hwy/25city good for the 1.8T. The thing is that I liked the mileage but I don't know if I can achieve the same mileage of the 1.4T with the 1.8T. On a side-note I haven't test drove a 1.4T so maybe I might feel as though the power is adequate for today's standards. And I'm a lead food.
Added (1). I suppose the first statement implies that i'm getting a new car to save money on gas, but this is not the case. The key word in this case is "might", so i might get a newer car. If in the case that I do get a new car, I was wondering if this is good enough gas mileage for today's standards.

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