If the Honda Accord is a “Large” car, I wonder what a Crown Vic is?
I wonder why the fuel efficiency for the Prius and HCH have gone down. Prius used to get close to 60 and HCH was right at 50.
I think I’ll keep my real car if that’s what it means to save a couple MPG. It’s so much fun blowing those ugly things off the road with some V8 American horsepower.
That’s funny: That itty bitty Matsuda MX-5 gets about the same EPA highway mileage as a Corvette...
Those E85 MPG vehicles really suck for MPG. HAHAHAHAHA
My thoughts.
The Miata might get good mileage but it’s a chick car.
Is the Prius supposed to have higher city than highway gas mileage?
I’m getting 32 mpg in my ‘87, 16 valve, 123hp VW GTI. Catch me - if you can!
That is just a list of MPG, not efficiency.
Efficiency would be stated in pound-miles/gallon, at specified speeds.
OTOH, the extra poundage can add a lot to passenger safety.
I get 33 mpg around town in my 2005 Scion xb 38 on the highway. I wonder why Scion isn’t on this list.
I have a 2006 Mustang GT convertible. I have no idea what kind of mileage it gets and I don’t care. :)
How’s it goin’ dfu?
The Toyota Camry has a 33/34 rating, and should have been first in some class.
I notice they left off the turbodiesel jetta, beetle and passat, which get close to 50 real MPG’s. I guess they just don’t like diesels.
Mayor Bloomberg should hold a contest for automakers to design a Hybrid Taxi. Then force all taxi operators to convert. Sell the old cabs off to other cities that aren't as gridlocked.
Think of how much quieter and cleaner the city would be, and how much gas would be saved. Then they should disable the horns.
Where’s the rest of the list? No SUVs, sports cars, exotics? The variable displacement technologies that GM and Chrysler are using need to be included here.
Since these data are from the federal government, I wonder why they don’t also include accident fatality data from the NHTSA Fatal Accident Reporting System (FARS).
I bought my wife a 2007 Honda Civic Hybrid. It is really a fantastic car with about 18 onboard computers. It gets over 50 mpg.
It has all kinds of extras that I could not possibly learn everything about. It has a really thick owner’s manual; I felt I needed to take a class just to learn all the features. For example, a toggle to switch between mph and km/hr comes in handy when we travel north of the border.
And when it comes to a stop it seems the engine is dead but all the lights are on. That is really a treat, then accelerate and still no hum from the engine. It also has a vertical dynamic digit bar to show when the battery is charging or when it is assisting, for example when braking down a hill the bar expands up to show the battery is charging from the gravity and braking.
A downside is the bottom is so close to the ground that one has to be careful not to hit say a parking bumper in a parking lot. Another downside is that when on the freeway or highway the noise emanating from the bottom is loud enough to drown out a good portion of the radio.