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Cars with Best Gas Mileage
This is a zine about cars that get the best gas mileage. It includes reviews, price comparisons, descriptions of hybrid cars as well as smaller efficient gasoline-based cars.
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With gas prices on the rise, the first question on every car shopper's mind is, "What kind of gas mileage does it get?" Not everyone is ready, or willing, to switch to a hybrid or a Smart Car, so what are your other choices? Believe it or not, there are some normal gas cars that get decent gas mileage. We've broken it down for you here. The gas mileage listed for each car is for the 2008 model with an automatic transmission, because honestly, who drives a manual? The gas mileage presented...
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(Car & Driver photo.) Car & Driver lists the ten highest-mileage cars in production today. Toyota dominates the list (naturally), and there's only a single American car on it. Here's the list: Toyota Prius Honda Civic Hybrid Smart Fortwo Nissan Altima Hybrid Toyota Camry Hybrid VW Jetta TDI 2009 Ford Escape Hybrid Toyota Yaris Mini Cooper/Clubman Honda Fit
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With the continuous increase in fuel prices, vehicle manufacturers are devising various ways on handling this problem. Chrysler offers fixed fuel prices for three years, Suzuki gives fuel away for free for three months but Chevrolet does it differently. Releasing its new model the Cobalt XFE (Xtra Fuel Economy), Chevy makes another good addition to the vehicles in the best fuel economy category. The Cobalt CFE uses an EcoTec 2.2 liter DOHC I-4 engine capable of 148 hp and 206 Nm of torque...
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Ray Warren said he installed a hydrogen generation system in his pickup using instructions he purchased off the Internet and that he has doubled his gas mileage from 15 miles per gallon in town to 30 miles per gallon.
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By Janis Mara When Maurice del Prado of Dublin drives north on Interstate 680 and reaches the truck scales in Sunol, he puts his car in neutral and coasts ...
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We've spent the past few days traveling to the eco-friendly mecca of all things hybrid - idiosyncrasies, Star Trek Prius mods and all.
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It looks like the crafty car spies of KGP caught up again with the Honda engineering team in the hot desert sands out west. Just in the nick of time to take an exclusive first set of shots of Honda's new Prius-fighting hybrid. We don't know much about it other than we knew the boys from Honda had...
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Not only is the Toyota Prius the top-selling hybrid vehicle, having recently topped 1 million units sold, but it is also the most fuel-efficient vehicle on the road.
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Despite the popular belief that the Toyota Prius was the first hybrid vehicle sold in the Unites States, the Honda Insight actually holds that title.
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Not only is the Toyota Prius the top-selling hybrid vehicle, having recently topped 1 million units sold, but it is also the most fuel-efficient vehicle on the road.
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The National Labor Committee (NLC), a New York-based human rights group, has been investigating working conditions at Toyota Motor Corp., and the labor used to produce its best-selling Prius hybrid cars. In its 65-page report released in June, NLC includes first-hand testimony of factory...
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It's not only new versus used, and cute versus practical, and what we can honestly afford versus a lark, it's gas mileage, gas mileage, gas mileage. ...
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The wait for Toyota’s Prius hybrid has grown to six months in some locations. By Steve Adams Long waiting periods and inflexible prices aren’t deterring ...
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CNN created a Money List for cars with the best gas mileage. It syncs up with most other analysis. Here is the summart. Visit CNN for full details.
| Make | Model | Engine size (liters) | Cylinders | Transmission | City | Hwy | Est. annual fuel cost |
| Honda | Insight | 1 | 3 | 5-speed manual | 60 | 66 | $405 |
| Toyota | Prius | 1.5 | 4 | Variable automatic | 60 | 51 | $466 |
| Honda | Civic Hybrid | 1.3 | 4 | Variable automatic | 48 | 47 | $541 |
| Volkswagen | Diesel New Beetle/Golf/Jetta | 1.9 | 4 | 5-speed manual | 38 | 46 | $598 |
| Honda | Civic | 1.7 | 4 | 5-speed manual | 36 | 44 | $635 |
| Toyota | Echo | 1.5 | 4 | 5-speed manual | 35 | 43 | $651 |
| Toyota | Scion XA | 1.5 | 4 | 4-speed automatic | 32 | 38 | $727 |
| Toyota | Corolla | 1.8 | 4 | 5-speed manual | 32 | 40 | $705 |
| Toyota | Scion XB | 1.5 | 4 | 5-speed manual | 31 | 35 | $773 |
| Toyota | Celica | 1.8 | 4 | 4-speed automatic | 29 | 36 | $781 |
Cars.com did an analysis of cars with best gas mileage by class (looking at compacts, midsized cars, trucks, SUVs, etc). This is super helpful if you're looking for a specific type of vehicle. Visit Cars.com for full details and deeper analysis.
Compact Cars (Range: 13 - 40; Avg.: 22/32)
Toyota Yaris 34 39
Honda Civic 30 40
Midsize Cars (Range: 11 - 36; Avg.: 18/29)
Hyundai Elantra 28 36
Pontiac Vibe 29 34
Toyota Matrix 29 34
Full-Size Cars (Range: 11 - 33; Avg.: 17/26)
Hyundai Sonata 24 33
Toyota Avalon 22 31
Luxury Cars (Range: 10 - 32; Avg.: 17/27)
Audi A3* 25 32
Audi A4* 24 32
Lexus IS 250* 24 32
Sports Cars (Range: 10 - 32; Avg.: 17/26)
Volkswagen GTI* 25 32
Volkswagen Eos* 23 31
SUVs (Range: 12 - 30; Avg.: 16/23)
Toyota RAV4 (2WD) 24 30
Honda CR-V (2WD) 23 30
Pickup Trucks (Range: 13 - 27; Avg.: 15/22)
Toyota Tacoma (2WD) 21 27
Ford Ranger (2WD) 21 26
Mazda B2300 (2WD) 21 26
Minivans (Range: 17 - 26; Avg.: 18/25)
Mazda5 21 26
Dodge Caravan 20 26
| Class Leaders | City MPG | Highway MPG |
Compact Cars (Range: 13 - 40; Avg.: 22/32)
Toyota Yaris 34 39
Honda Civic 30 40
Midsize Cars (Range: 11 - 36; Avg.: 18/29)
Hyundai Elantra 28 36
Pontiac Vibe 29 34
Toyota Matrix 29 34
Full-Size Cars (Range: 11 - 33; Avg.: 17/26)
Hyundai Sonata 24 33
Toyota Avalon 22 31
Luxury Cars (Range: 10 - 32; Avg.: 17/27)
Audi A3* 25 32
Audi A4* 24 32
Lexus IS 250* 24 32
Sports Cars (Range: 10 - 32; Avg.: 17/26)
Volkswagen GTI* 25 32
Volkswagen Eos* 23 31
SUVs (Range: 12 - 30; Avg.: 16/23)
Toyota RAV4 (2WD) 24 30
Honda CR-V (2WD) 23 30
Pickup Trucks (Range: 13 - 27; Avg.: 15/22)
Toyota Tacoma (2WD) 21 27
Ford Ranger (2WD) 21 26
Mazda B2300 (2WD) 21 26
Minivans (Range: 17 - 26; Avg.: 18/25)
Mazda5 21 26
Dodge Caravan 20 26
