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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.
Honda’s Insight may not be as frugal as a Toyota Prius, but it’s better through corners, writes JEZ SPINKS. Honda Insight hybrid 2009 Honda Insight hybrid Video Gallery Toyota’s Prius has become such an iconic flagbearer for the hybrid car that few will remember Honda was the first car...
Drive.com - News: Honda aims to make Insight hybrid affordable
Financial Times - Toyota scales back loss forecast
The Detroit News - New...
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The $3 billion 'cash for clunkers' program mostly involved swaps of old Ford or Chevy pickups for new ones that got only marginally better gas mileage -- between 1 and 3 mpg better than the older trucks. Buyers were 17 times more likely to get a new F150 than, say, a Toyota Prius.
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Ask a Toyota or Honda executive how much their respective companies make per hybrid car and you’re unlikely to get a straight answer. Indeed, it was progress of sorts a couple of years back when Toyota began saying that the Prius, which debuted in ...
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- REPORT: Toyota develops its own flower species for cleaner air at Prius plant (autobloggreen.com)
- Growing number of hybrid cars causing concern for blind and ... (news.google.com)
Last week, we ran our latest Mileage Challenge featuring four ultra-fuel-efficient cars, and before that we rounded up six fuel-sippers to see which one was the best daily driver. But none of these reports put a brutal, real-life morning and...
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From blogs.cars.com
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Hyundai says a local rival for the Prius is on the company’s wish list. By BRUCE NEWTON. Hyundai Elantra Hybrid Hyundai Australia is looking at importing a stand-alone petrol electric hybrid model to compete with Toyota’s Prius and Honda’s Insight. The company has set its sights on selling...
The Motor Report - 2010 Toyota Hybrid Camry: More Images, More Details
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New Prius offers better mileage and zipPhiladelphia InquirerThat marvelous mileage puts the Prius at the top of the hybrid heap, beating out the Honda Civic Hybrid (42 mpg), the Honda Insight (41), the Ford Fusion ...Hybrids stay popular even after gas prices fall lowerBarre Montpelier Times ArgusMercury adds some spark to Milan HybridNew Haven Register (subscription)Contest puts hybrid hype to a testDuluth News Tribune (registration)all 4...
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There's a little something extra for car buyers who have their hearts set on top fuel mileage in the Toyota Prius. But they'd better not get tired of the car's wedge shape.
The world's best-selling gasoline-electric hybrid car is out for 2010 with...
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Battle of the Hybrids: Prius Narrowly Beats Honda Insight
It's not just Japanese consumers that seem to like the new Toyota Prius (we wrote about the huge increase in sales). The jurors for the Japan Car of the Year award also selected the hybrid, though it was a close race compared to the previous 30 editions; the Honda Insight finished in second place with 391 points (co...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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From treehugger.com
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Filed under: Ethanol, MPG, Green Daily, Racing
NASCAR has already gone solar and wants to help you (not themselves) use less fuel, but the cold hard reality is that those ovals are being made in cars that get around five miles per gallon. Not exactly hybrid SUV territory there. So, to reduce the amount of fossil fuels used in each race, race organizers are looking to maybe - maybe - using alternative fuels in the some of the cars.
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From autobloggreen.com
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- Contradiction in Terms: Green in NASCAR equals 5 mpg (autoblog.com)
The 2010 Toyota Prius is again the most fuel-efficient performer in the U.S. market, at 50 mpg Combined, while runners-up include the 2010 Honda Civic Hybrid (42 mpg), Honda Insight (41), Ford Fusion Hybrid (39), and Mercury Milan Hybrid (39). That's the official word from the 2010 EPA Fuel Economy Guide information, which was released this ..
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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
