Most, Least Fuel-Efficient 2006 Model Cars

[NVMojo]

ASSOCIATED PRESS

The most and least fuel-efficient 2006 model
cars, trucks and sports utility vehicles, by
miles per gallon, according to information
submitted by the manfacturers to the
Environmental Protection Agency and the Energy
Department.

Five most fuel-efficient
mpg (city) mpg
(hwy)

1. Honda Insight (manual, hybrid)
60 66

2. Toyota Prius (hybrid)
60 51

3. Volkswagen New Beetle and Golf (manual,
diesel) 37
44

4. Volkswagen Jetta (manual, diesel)
36 41

5. Ford Escape Hybrid (FWD)
36 31

more...

http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/invest-corp/2005/oct/13/101300874.html

[SCDem]

1. Where is the Honda Civic Hybrid

I get 49 and 50 on mine.

[McKenzie]

2. VW Polo turbodiesel does around 55 mpg

if I drive it sensibly - 47-50 mpg if I boot it.

100 bhp, 170 ft/lbs torque at 1,900 rpm, 6 CD player, ABS and climate control. Suspension is dropped by 10 mm so it sticks to the line.

Great little car.

You might not get it over in the US...don't know.

http://www.vw.co.uk/new_cars/polo

[Tesha]

4. No Polos right now.

For a while, VW was distributing Polos in the US (as the "Fox").
But right now, we don't have either VW Polos or Audi A2s.

I expect this will change soon.

Tesha

[tammywammy]

18. There's no plans for the Polo in the US

There are plans for a gas/hybrid Jetta in '07.

Americans don't like hatchbacks, hence why the Golf/GTi are such poor sellers in the US. VW doesn't see a market for the Polo or Lupo in the US except for hardcore VW fans, so fiscally it doesn't make sense to bring it here.

[tammywammy]

20. It also depends on the engine you've got

The US only gets the 1.9L PD. And when VW switched to the PD TDI (I think during the 04 model year), gas mileage went down.

[Rev_Harvey_McKank]

3. Our Priuses

I drive an '04 Prius. The mileage is great, but it's not what they claim. I get more like 48 & 43. My wife's '02 Prius (the old model that looks like the Echo) gets a little less than that. Seems to stay around 39.

[LostinVA]

6. A coworker has a 20005 Prius and consistently gets about 55 mpg

Interesting... she drives mainly highways and back roads....

[Jackpine Radical]

14. Well, OF COURSE she would get mileage like that.

The 20005 model year is 18,000 years in the future. I dopn't know how she got this preview model, but I'm surprised that it even runs on gasoline.

[newyawker99]

15. Hi Rev_Harvey_McKank!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[LostinVA]

5. Yay! I have one of them! (Golf TDI)

[Ron Green]

22. Double Yay!! I have two of them! (Golf TDI and Jetta TDI)

[tammywammy]

23. Hey, LostinVA

My Beetle is on the ship in the Gulf of Mexico right now. :)

It's scheduled to be at the dealership the week of Nov 7, but cars have been showing up early, so I'm thinking that it's going to be here the 1st or 2nd. Sweet.

The greatest part of my job is that I pull the reports that tell us where the cars are. So the day it moved from Factory Production to Intransit (thus getting a VIN) I was so excited and announced it to all the salesguys. :)

[joefree1]

7. They forgot that pig bucket the Hummer H2 (9.6 miles per gallon)

I salute the petrol pigs that drive Hummers every chance I get.

[merwin]

11. Those are exempt from fuel efficiency laws because they are so damn huge.

[DainBramaged]

8. DAMN, My Bentley GT only gets 19 highway?

I wondered why I couldn't get from my home to Atlantic City and back on a tank. I gots to try harder burnin' off that rubber 'round the office parkin lot.


:evilgrin:

[DainBramaged]

12. Those numbers are a joke, test proceedure isn't real world.

If a TRUE Urban cycle test was run on every vehicle they make in the 3 climate zones in the US (and list THAT cycle for THAT zone on your window sticker, and they most certainly can) including warm ups in cold climates, AC on in hot climates, and the start and stop traffic cycle we ALL run into in the cities and major urban areas, maybe the results will wake people up. Some of those vehicles are LARGE REAL TRUCKS and MomBombs with huge passenger capacity, so lets not go off the deep end over these ESTIMATED numbers.

[KansDem]

17. Well, the Aston Martin gets a little better gas mileage...

Suppose that's why "Q" moved 007 from a Bentley over to an Aston Martin in "Goldfinger?"


"Bond...James Bond"

[merwin]

9. Hmm. Those numbers seem way off to me

The Jetta Diesel gets much more than 36/41mpg. My 2005 gets around 50 on freeway driving. I have a hard time believing that they would have dropped that much in a year.

[freestyle]

13. I have on '03 wagon and also get 50 hwy. '06's are bigger

VW increased the size of the vehicle and the power of the engine, so there was a dropoff, but probably not that much in real world conditions.

If only biodiesel were a bit more convenient, I would be a truly happy motorist. As it is, I take comfort in knowing that the TDI gets double the city mileage and almost double the highway mileage of my last car.

[are_we_united_yet]

10. How did the Humvee do?

:rofl:

[fleabert]

16. the H2 can't be found...weird

unless I am blind...

http://www.energy.gov/engine/content.do?PUBLIC_ID=18950&BT_CODE=PR_PRESSRELEASES&TT_CODE=PRESSRELEASE

I sure would like a full listing, but I am too tired to look for it.

[tammywammy]

19. I've 2 H3s since last night

But, the funny part, is that both cars had dealer tags on them. (Meaning someone at the dealership is driving them, like a New Car Manager, and the dealership is paying for the gas).

[fleabert]

24. i meant on the list

i see the POS's all the time.

[tammywammy]

25. I'm sorry I understood

I was surprised as well that the Hummer wasn't on the list. I saw a truck carrying Suburbans and I saw the sticker, 12 city/16 highway. Yikes!

I was just stating that the only H3s I've seen were both dealerplates.

[Logiola]

21. do they sell smart cars in the states?

tons of them up here in canada now, will be interesting to see them in the winter.. They get 80 m/g