And while they already
achieve more miles per gallon, the Department of Energy has published a few tips on how to stretch those savings even more.
Not exact matches
Ford, the second largest U.S. automaker, showed off its Fusion Energi plug - in hybrid and promised to start production of a new Focus EV that it expects to be «the first five - passenger, all - electric car to
achieve more than a 100
miles per gallon equivalent (MPGe) fuel efficiency rating.»
While drivers might be
more concerned with
achieving maximum smiles
per gallon, the 2016 Mazda MX - 5 Miata will also manage plenty of
miles per gallon.
The 2.4 - liter, four - cylinder engine under the hood of the Scion xB will provide a decent punch by producing 158 horsepower while still
achieving more than 20
miles per gallon in the city and almost 30
miles per gallon on the highway, according the Environmental Protection Agency fuel - economy estimates.
The introduction of a
more fuel - efficient truck — the Colorado can get about three
more miles a
gallon than Chevy's most fuel - efficient full - size Silverado — would also be beneficial to Ford as it and other automakers try to
achieve a federally mandated lineup average of 54.5
miles per gallon by 2025.
The EPA estimates that the LaCrosse returns 21
miles per gallon in the city, 31 on the highway and 25 combined, a bit
more than the 22.7
miles per gallon I
achieved during my time with it.
Prospective owners
more interested in performance at the pump will find the Civic coming up short compared to the Elantra's 29 city and 40 highway
miles per gallon — fuel economy numbers
achieved thanks in part to the Elantra's six - speed automatic transmission with Shiftronic manual - shift mode.
The GLA 250 comes with front wheel drive as standard which helps it
achieve a
more than decent
miles per gallon figure: 25 mpg for the urban cycle and 35 for highway.
Toyota predicts it will
achieve a rating of 120
miles per gallon or
MORE, and if that's the case, the Prius Prime will be the MOST FUEL - EFFICIENT plug - in hybrid on the market.
The later 1.5 liter American - market CRX HF (high fuel economy) model (chassis codes EC1 and AF) could also reliably
achieve very good gas mileage,
more than a decade before gas - electric hybrids appeared on the market, and at no price premium over the base model; the 1.5 liter is rated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)(under the new rating system) at 42
miles per U.S.
gallon (5.6 l / 100 km; 50 mpg ‑ imp) city and 51
miles per U.S.
gallon (4.6 l / 100 km; 61 mpg ‑ imp) highway.
The 2016 Chevy Malibu gets an EPA estimated 22
miles per gallon in the city and an EPA estimate 33
miles per gallon on the highway — both of which are
more miles per gallon than the Toyota Camry
achieves.
The resulting gain in fuel economy is impressive: the Prius
achieves over 40
miles per gallon, perhaps 20 %
more than it would without hybridisation.
The startup had pitched an ambitious plan to build super inexpensive three - wheeled vehicles that could
achieve up to 84
miles per gallon — an eye - popping figure, even
more so in the era of $ 4 - a-
gallon gas.