Consumer Reports: Best, worst cars for fuel efficiency
Magazine releases its annual fuel efficiency ratings, and the Toyota Prius comes out on top.
Photo: Toyota - Honda Civic Hybrid – 37 mpg
- Ford Fusion Hybrid – 34 mpg
- Scion xD (manual) – 34 mpg
- Toyota Camry Hybrid – 34 mpg
- Honda Fit Sport (manual) – 33 mpg
- Mini Cooper (manual) – 33 mpg
The rest of the worst mpg list includes: - Cadillac Escalade (13 mpg)
- Chevrolet Avalanche LT 5.3 (13 mpg)
- Chevrolet Silverado 2500HD LTZ (13 mpg)
- Ford Expedition EL Eddie Bauer (13 mpg)
- Jeep Commander Limited 5.7 (13 mpg)
- Lincoln Navigator Ultimate (13 mpg)
- Nissan Armada LE (13 mpg)
- Nissan Titan SE (13 mpg)
Comments
The Smart for two with the 799cc diesel engine is giving us 100 km per gallon or close to 25 km per liter at regular hi-way speeds. Which was better than my 800 cc Kawasaki motor cycle.But maintenance costs are so high that I would not recommend anybody to buy one.
I have a 2006 Dodge 2500 diesel, 4wd, extended cab. It is a great ruck. I get 16-17 mpg hauling a 34' Airstream, 18-20 mpg around town, and up to 24mpg highway, no trailer. It is possible to be better than an Escalade, Silverado, or Expedition. Even with the higher price of diesel, I'm ahead.
2008 kia rio new, and 2 transmissions ****** took 2 years and 7 visits to get them to replace the first , it took 6 weeks to get it back and 3 days to be in the same condition, refusal from dealers to honor warranty, and 7-11 mpg city, 16-20highway, and now i have to park it because its completely ****** at 53k and it looses all engine warranty at 60k so now im stuck with a piece of **** and having to find a lawer, thanks dad for making me pay for your ******* car and taking MY truck, i.... More
I have a 2004 manual transmission Civic Hybrid and get over 50 miles per gallon, 53 in the warm weather. I can't understand how the newer ones only get 37 mpg or why they don't make the manual transmission any longer.
12 mpg n m still good
I have a 06 Mariner, I love her. She is a hybred. I get for city driving between 27 - 33 mpg and highway gets 44 - 52 mpg. Depends if we are driving flat or mountain. This car has been the best investments we have made. She will be my 10 + year car. Her name is Issy, My Granddaughter named her.
Despite massive cuts, GM and Ford employ more people than Toyota and Honda, and still make more cars here, on US soil. The most American car is still a Ford, followed by a Chevy, and the profit still stays here at home. The names on the cars trace back a hundred years or more, and symbolize the American Ideal for generations of people: a good job, doing something worthwhile, building something that lasts, and leaving a legacy in sheet metal, glass and rivets. Where do you want your money to.... More
Its about fuel efficiency u stupid.. Not a RACISM or what u call patriotic.
I had a 81 Rabbit diesel, that lasted over 100,000 miles and never got less than 44 mpg! It was a great little car with lots of room. I wished someone would build something like that again
I have the successor to your Rabbit, a 1985 VW Golf with a 1.6 liter diesel, and like you, I get about 40 MPG. Been making my own fuel, biodiesel, from waste vegetable oil at a cost of about $1 per gallon. My way of flipping the bird to the oil companies.
It's a great car. I removed the back seat and the passenger seat to make room for a bed, so it's a one-person camper, great for long road trips. Drove it from California to Massachusetts last summer, loved traveling that.... More
I had a 81 Rabbit diesel, that lasted over 100,000 miles and never got less than 44 mpg! It was a great little car with lots of room. I wished someone would build something like that again
opel cadet, fiat 500,etc......there were many cars being built with high mpg, even a few U.S. built autos. guess what, NO EMISSIONS. IF WE WERE TO GET RID OF THESE GAS GUZZLERS we could build cars more cheaply with less crap under the hood. Todays cars are waaaay overly engineered,poorly constructed,use materials that pollute our planet just in their manufacturing and cannot be easily serviced. If all cars got 40 + mpg we wouldn't need all these expensive emissions systems and technological.... More
opel cadet, fiat 500,etc......there were many cars being built with high mpg, even a few U.S. built autos. guess what, NO EMISSIONS. IF WE WERE TO GET RID OF THESE GAS GUZZLERS we could build cars more cheaply with less crap under the hood. Todays cars are waaaay overly engineered,poorly constructed,use materials that pollute our planet just in their manufacturing and cannot be easily serviced. If all cars got 40 + mpg we wouldn't need all these expensive emissions systems and technological.... More
It doesnt matter what you drive, If you want to save gas, Make a few simple changes to your driving habits. Slow down sooner for stops, accelerate slowly. Be respectful of other drivers on the road. I drive a 2003 Dodge dakoda Quad cab. Got 18 MPG on a trip from Ms to Va and back, that includes mountain driving.
I have a 99 civic hatch i use for commuting. 5 speed manual tranny on a 12 gallon tank i get 350 miles on a full tank in the city and 450 on the highway and and i acelerate all i want and slam the brakes all i want, put the cheapest gas. Got it for $1800, costs $32 to top off the tank. If everybody was logical they would have a little commuter car to get around town. My corvette is only for the weekends:)
My Avalanche gets 16 around town and 18 on the hwy and will pull a prius until the toyota falls apart
Your avalanche will run out of gas more than likely before and the owner of the prius will have to give you a ride to the nearest gas station you idiot!
MPG not bad with small V8. Good trade off for comfort. Just pasted 50,000 miles with only normal maintance. Change oil every 5K miles and use Mobil 1 and Mobil 1 oil filter. Will buy another Lincoln or try Caddilac. Haven't decided.
MPG not bad with small V8. Good trade off for comfort. Just pasted 50,000 miles with only normal maintance. Change oil every 5K miles and use Mobil 1 and Mobil 1 oil filter. Will buy another Lincoln or try Caddilac. Haven't decided.
I've got a 2002 VW Golf TDI (diesel) that consistently gets about 50 mpg (up to 58 on a good, long cross-country drive). I just love it. Seats 4 adults comfortably, or the seats fold down to accommodate a huge amount of cargo. Starts easily in the winter even though I don't have a garage and park outside in Wisconsin.
I've been lucky with Mitshibitshi cars since leaving the Ford Tempo. Yea! that's waaay bk in the days. Before purchasing the Endeav I had an outlander. Both cars served me well over 80,000 without any problems. The only thing the Outlander which was a smaller vechicle burned more gas than the Endeavor?
I drive a 1997 Opel Astra 160 i fuel injected. Consupmtion= 15 KMs per litre in city driving using decent power.
I ride a Honda motorcycle and never even think about driving slow, staying off the gas, idling etc, It's an 1800 v-twin and I never get less than 40mpg easily, often up to 55-57mpg. Yea, Yea, I know someone is going to post about me being just a speed bump or riding on a "donor"cycle, but I've been on a bike for 24yrs and have not had one accident......yet! Happy driving folks.
afther reading some of the coments posted on this site i came to a conclucion. It doesn't matter what kind of car you drive whether is foreing or domestic, what matters in the long run is the amount of money spend on fuel, wheter is bio, disel, or any other, that is the most inportant part. Yes we should buy more american made cars and products to help the country came out of this depresion, but if some one doesn't came up with a reliable way to mass produce an eco frendly way of.... More
I'm sorry people but there are an extreme few vehicles on the planet that are of one country. I challenge anyone to find an American car in the sense that you consider it a true American car. There's NO SUCH THING. I and several of my friends are ALL disabled vets and EXTREMELY PATRIOTIC. We are also well informed consumers. Almost every 02(oxygen) sensors is from a German company, Bosch, if it's a gas or Flex Fuel engine the spark plugs came from Japan or Germany, injectors mostly from those.... More
The other day I was perusing some new cars in a Ford showroom. One of the models advertised that the transmission was made in Japan; the engine was manufactured in the USA, and the car was assembled in Mexico. This not uncommon.
never under 37 mpg in my '07 corolla. Usually 38-39, sometimes 40.
i have a kia rio and get between 38-42 miles per gallon wonder why it was not here
I mentioned both Hyundai and Kia as excellent choices with excellent warranties.
Get an old VW diesel, collect waste vegetable oil and make your own biodiesel. Costs you less than a dollar a gallon, and way more green than any gasoline-burning, Gulf oil spill-making, global warming-creating Detroit iron. If you can't go to that extreme, at least get a flex-fuel vehicle and burn ethanol (E85).
The people who gripe the loudest about our American economy are the people who buy foreign garbage.... Think about it. A good portion of the money you spend on foreign cars goes out of the country. Then there is the problem of the Japanese trying to take over the world like they failed to do militarilly in WW2, and are bent on doing financially now..... BUY AMERICAN!!!!
you look at the product and the quality of the product, not where its made. Id rather drive a honda then an american car. I abuse my car all i want and don't give a **** about it. got it for cheap and if anything everybrakes, i can take apart almost the whole car in an hour using a 10mm socket and a phillips screw driver and parts are dirt cheap and availible everywhere
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American Cars that is funny !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I run 91 octane, use Zmax, and get 14 mpg city, and 18,75 Hwy. I do plan on buying a very effecient smaller vehicle but I drive very little..as I am retired. For a truck (crew cab) it sure has a good power to weight ratio and is fun to drive, and fits my famiy's needs.
Now, your MPG is a factor. HAAA HHAAAA
THink about it. Wow that is cold
If yuo wanted a truck, why didn't you buy a truck. Instead you are driving around in a big Car with a big trunk.
If yuou wanted a truck, why didn't you but a truck. Instead you are driving around in a big Car with a big trunk.
I recently bought a 1994 Audi S100 which has 207,000 miles. I pay $50 to fill the gas tank, but the gas lasts a couple of weeks. Maybe the Germans do know a little about cars.
I recently bought a 1994 Audi S100 which has 207,000 miles. I pay $50 to fill the gas tank, but the gas lasts a couple of weeks. Maybe the Germans do know a little about cars.
I have a 2010 Chrysler PT Cruiser Touring, which broke down after having only 1900 miles on it. It was the powertrain and I was stuck in 2nd gear going 40 mph and reving over 6 rpm's. I was told it was a factory defect by the dealership that fixed it. I get 270 miles on a tank of gas on the highway, if I'm lucky, averaging around 17 mpg. When passing or leaving a stop, my car "bucks" and has no power. The back doors have to be slammed in order for the doors to shut completely and.... More
Thank you for responding and I have to say you were right on all but one thing. My son is a mechanic and has worked on Chrysler products. His girlfriend has a PT Cruiser, 2005 I think, and she and my son just LOVE it. My son went with me to the dealership and he was a big part of the reason I bought it. He was going to help me with issues that wouldn't be covered under the warranty...oil changes, tires, ect. He and I no longer have a mother and son relationship...his choice. I'm single.... More
If you can get either a Hyundai or Kia. Both have 10 year 100,000 mile warranties on their drivetrains and are very affordable. You can also extend the warranty to be bumper to bumper for 10 yrs 100,000 miles. That way you're covered for just about anything for the next ten years other than regular maintenance ie; oil changes, light bulbs, brakes, wiper blades and such. Light bulbs and wiper blades will be replaced for you if you go to any reputable auto parts store they will replace your wiper.... More
I have a 2005 Hyundai Sonata and have 90,000 mi.
on it. Hardly any maintanence. a $200.00 charge for a small problem with the eng. light came on after 50,000 miles and recently had the transmission serviced, belts replaced, and have
bought one set of tires. The car started hesitating
as if I was braking and I found out from a cracker jack mechanic that that was the engine mount but
didn't need an immediate repair. Wow! It somehow
righted itself and no longer.... More
I have a 2005 Hyundai Sonata and have 90,000 mi.
on it. Hardly any maintanence. a $200.00 charge for a small problem with the eng. light came on after 50,000 miles and recently had the transmission serviced, belts replaced, and have
bought one set of tires. The car started hesitating
as if I was braking and I found out from a cracker jack mechanic that that was the engine mount but
didn't need an immediate repair. Wow! It somehow
righted itself and no longer.... More
I have a 2005 Hyundai Sonata and have 90,000 mi.
on it. Hardly any maintanence. a $200.00 charge for a small problem with the eng. light came on after 50,000 miles and recently had the transmission serviced, belts replaced, and have
bought one set of tires. The car started hesitating
as if I was braking and I found out from a cracker jack mechanic that that was the engine mount but
didn't need an immediate repair. Wow! It somehow
righted itself and no longer.... More
I have a 2005 Hyundai Sonata and have 90,000 mi.
on it. Hardly any maintanence. a $200.00 charge for a small problem with the eng. light came on after 50,000 miles and recently had the transmission serviced, belts replaced, and have
bought one set of tires. The car started hesitating
as if I was braking and I found out from a cracker jack mechanic that that was the engine mount but
didn't need an immediate repair. Wow! It somehow
righted itself and no longer.... More
