Lately, researching cars with best gas mileage is the intelligent approach to saving money and the environment. With gas prices being where they are, the more miles per gallon that can be obtained for a car can make a huge difference. This can cut trips to the gas station in half, or sometimes even more.
For an example, if gas were at an average price of $3/gallon, and over a year 12,000 miles were placed on a vehicle:
- For a car with lower efficiency at an average of 20 mpg, the overall cost would be $1,800.00.
- For a very high efficiency vehicle with an average of 46 mpg, the overall cost would be $782.61.
This is a cost difference of $1017.39 in gasoline expenses, for 12,000 miles. If you drive more than that in a year, then the cost difference increases.
To find the best gas mileage, cars here are 2008 models that have the best mileage in their size class. Included are transmission types, city miles per gallon, and highway miles per gallon.
For the overall best mileage of all size classes, your choice is:
- Toyota Prius, 45 mpg city, 48 mpg highway
Best two seaters:
- Audi TT Roadster (automatic), 22 mpg city, 29 mpg highway
- Mazda MX-5 (manual), 22 mpg city, 27 mpg highway
Best minicompact cars:
- MINI Cooper Convertible (manual), 23 mpg city, 32 mpg highway
- MINI Cooper Convertible (automatic), 22 mpg city, 30 mpg highway
Best subcompact cars:
- Toyota Yaris (manual), 29 mpg city, 36 mpg highway
- Toyota Yaris (automatic), 29 mpg city, 35 mpg highway
Best compact cars:
- Honda Civic Hybrid (automatic), 40 mpg city, 45 mpg highway
- Toyota Corolla (manual), 28 mpg city, 37 mpg highway
Best midsize cars:
- Toyota Prius Hybrid (automatic), 48 mpg city, 45 mpg highway
- Nissan Versa (manual), 26 mpg city, 31 mpg highway
Best large cars:
- Honda Accord (manual), 22 mpg city, 31 mpg highway
- Honda Accord (automatic), 21 mpg city, 31 mpg highway
Best small station wagons:
- Honda Fit (manual), 28 mpg city, 34 mpg highway
- Honda Fit (automatic), 27 mpg city, 34 mpg highway
Best midsize station wagons:
- Volkswagen Passat Wagon (manual), 21 mpg city, 29 mpg highway
- Volkswagen Passat Wagon (automatic), 20 mpg city, 28 mpg highway
These are the 2008 car models with the best gas mileage for their size class. For the curious, the 2008 car with the worst gas mileage is the Lamborghini Murcielago:
- Lamborghini Murcielago (manual), 8 mpg city, 13 mpg highway
- Lamborghini Murcielago Roadster (manual), 8 mpg city, 13 mpg highway
Eric A. is preparing for the future by researching cars with good mileage. The information here is from http://www.squidoo.com/carswithgoodgasmileage/
Find out more about which cars to get and not to get, as well as prices for these at http://www.squidoo.com/carswithgoodgasmileage/
Source: www.articletrader.com
