Top Ten List of Gas Sipping Cars

Discussion in 'Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News' started by TJandGENESIS, Aug 16, 2005.

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    Here are the best 2005 vehicle models for gas mileage per gallon, based on Environmental Protection Agency city driving tests. If a range is listed, several similar models with different transmissions, engine sizes or other characteristics, qualified.

    1. — 57 to 61 mpg: Honda Insight.
    2. — 60 mpg: Toyota Prius.
    3. — 45 to 48 mpg: Honda Civic Hybrid.
    4. — 38 mpg: Volkswagen Golf Diesel.
    5. — 36 to 38 mpg: Volkswagen Jetta Wagon and Jetta Wagon diesel.
    6. — 36 to 38 mpg: Volkswagen New Beetle diesel.
    7. — 33 to 36 mpg: Ford Escape Hybrid.
    8. — 32 to 36 mpg: Honda Civic.
    9. — 33 to 35 mpg: Toyota Echo.
    10. — 32 mpg: Toyota Scion xA.[hr:2499599902]
    Personally, I think that the Insight should be second, but what the hey.

    Here is the link to the article...USA TODAY

    Oh, and I have #2 and #10, so I am doing my part...
    TJandGENESIS, Aug 16, 2005
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Discussion in 'Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News' started by TJandGENESIS, Aug 16, 2005.

  1. Tideland Prius
    Wow, the Corolla got knocked off?

    Here in Canada, the Corolla and Civic have pretty much identical mileage. The average is the same but one has better city mileage by 1mpg and the other has better highway mileage by 1mpg.

    Also, notice how the EPA says 4.0L/100km (60mpg) city, 4.7L/100km (50mpg) highway. Yet Transport Canada gives the Prius a 4.0 / 4.2 L/100km rating much more optimistic than yours. Also, the Japanese 10-15 cycle rates the Prius at 35.5km/L or 83mpg (US). Hmm...
    Tideland Prius, Aug 17, 2005
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  2. Wayne
    If you look at the specs between the Insight and the Prius, the Prius wins hands-down. For 1 MPG you are comparing a 5-passenger car to a 2-passenger car.

    Nice. :)
    Wayne, Aug 17, 2005
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  3. TJandGENESIS
    Plus, the Prius looks better. IMHO.
    TJandGENESIS, Aug 17, 2005
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  4. jfschultz
    Notice the range for the Insight. In a full listing the Prius would fall between the manual transmission and automatic transmission Insights.
    jfschultz, Aug 17, 2005
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  5. TJandGENESIS
    What gets me abou this list, is that I posted it on another car forum, and you should 'read' all the people there, blasting the hybrids, saying things like they want to guzzle gas, that they want turbocharged cars...

    Zoink. Hard for me to grasp...
    TJandGENESIS, Aug 17, 2005
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  6. Wayne

    I'd rather give my money to the Japanese than the Arabs at this point... :)
    Wayne, Aug 17, 2005
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  7. CurryBob
    I'm with Tideland Prius, I can not believe the Corolla is not listed. I have one and get right 40 highway with an auto. What's up with that list???

    Bob
    CurryBob, Oct 8, 2005
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  8. LaughingMan
    I'm actually kind of confused how they got the Insight's mileage range.

    The manual transmission Insight is rated at 60 city 66 highway. The CVT is rated 56 city 57 highway.

    For the Prius, it looks like they just picked the city mileage instead of the combined mileage of 55 MPG or the highway mileage of 51 MPG.

    These are all EPA ratings of course... so take them all with a grain of salt of course.

    The insight is an interesting spunky little car. I wonder how many Honda still makes a year. I was under the impression that they sell less than 1000 of them a year now...
    LaughingMan, Oct 8, 2005
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  9. hschuck
    As noted in the first post, the list is based on CITY mpg.
    hschuck, Oct 8, 2005
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  10. LaughingMan
    Well, then shouldn't the split for the Insight be 56-60 then?
    LaughingMan, Oct 8, 2005
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  11. AndyTiedye
    We have #2 and #7. We also have a Civic Del Sol, which would be on the list if it were still in production.
    (Now we need Honda to bring back the Del Sol as a hybrid! They'd sell like hotcakes and get 70+ mpg with state-of-the-art hybrid components)


    AndyTiedye, Oct 10, 2005
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