Talk about a bold claim from Mazda, as the Japanese automaker has said its next Mazda2 subcompact would get 70 miles per gallon, making it the most fuel -
efficient gasoline car on the road.
Not exact matches
New
cars and trucks will be more
efficient and there will be more fuel choices — electricity, biofuels and
gasoline will compete for your dollar when you need to fill your tank (or charge your batteries).
The long - run trend indicates that demand for smaller, more fuel -
efficient cars has increased relative to demand for light trucks because of rising
gasoline prices.
We can cut our
gasoline consumption drastically by shifting from SUVs to the new generation of fuel -
efficient and alternative energy
cars.
The problem is that with more fuel
efficient cars and more expensive
gasoline, the gas tax revenues fell.
Hybrid
cars are electric
efficient,
gasoline convenient, and the biggest auto innovation in a century
For example, European Union standards favoring fuel -
efficient diesel
cars over
gasoline cars may lead to more warming, because diesel engines release 40 to 250 times as much soot as
gasoline engines.
If you put regular
gasoline into your tank, the
car will move, but it's not going to be quite as
efficient.
Toyota's Hybrid Synergy powertrain found in the 2015 Toyota Prius combines the benefits of an
efficient gasoline engine and a clean, quiet electric motor to boast the best mileage of all the
cars in this list, with super-
efficient fuel economy of 51 mpg city, 48 mpg highway, and 49.3 mpg combined.
Just in time to give consumers more choices of fuel -
efficient cars as
gasoline prices continue to spike, Kia has brought us the redesigned Rio subcompacts for 2006.
They will let consumers see, both in plain print and on their smartphones, how their family budgets will benefit from purchasing more fuel
efficient cars — whether they're
gasoline, electric, or hybrid powered.
A modern,
efficient method of fuel delivery that replaced carburetors in all Ford passenger
cars and light trucks with
gasoline engines
As
car buyers continue to face high
gasoline prices, the shift toward more
efficient vehicles continues.
These values were made technically feasible by a high - tech alliance: a TSI engine (
gasoline powered with 110 kW / 150 PS) that is as fuel
efficient as it is sporty, an electric motor (20 kW / 27 PS) and a 7 - speed Direct Shift Gearbox (DSG)-- which in the eyes of many
car drivers is the best automatic in the world today.
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car warranty expires or from certified purchase date * Includes Trip Interruption Reimbursement and 7 days / 500 miles Exchange Privilege * Roadside AssistanceAwards: * 2015 IIHS Top Safety Pick + Reviews: * Very fuel -
efficient diesel; very quick
gasoline engines; serene ride; rich interior appointments; roomy backseat; top crash scores.
Odometer is 5229 miles below market average!Iridium Silver Metallic 2015 Mercedes - Benz M - Class ML 350 RWD 7 - Speed Automatic 3.5 L V6 DOHC 24VMercedes - Benz Certified Pre-Owned Details: * Roadside Assistance * Limited Warranty: 12 Month / Unlimited Mile beginning after new
car warranty expires or from certified purchase date * Vehicle History * Includes Trip Interruption Reimbursement and 7 days / 500 miles Exchange Privilege * 164 Point Inspection * Transferable Warranty * Warranty Deductible: $ 0Awards: * 2015 IIHS Top Safety Pick + Reviews: * Very fuel -
efficient diesel; very quick
gasoline engines; serene ride; rich interior appointments; roomy backseat; top crash scores.
Pros: Comfortable ride, giant backseat, reasonably priced, incredibly
efficient in
gasoline - electric hybrid form Cons: Not as much of a driver's
car as some competitors...
Suzuki's reputation was built, at least in part, with small and rugged SUVs, but changing market conditions and rising
gasoline prices are placing emphasis on more
efficient cars.
While the
car may pollute more than originally thought, I still feel good about the purchase because diesel fuel is more
efficient than
gasoline.
Our new Toyota hybrids are some of our most fuel
efficient cars, as they're able to use both a
gasoline engine and an electric motor.
With claims of 22mpg in the city and 30mpg on the highway in the more
efficient rear - wheel drive guise (adding all - wheel drive drops both figures by a couple of miles - per - gallon), it's comfortably the most
efficient engine in the range, and better in many cases than what smaller, turbocharged four - cylinder
gasoline engines in rival
cars can muster.
Of course, being the smallest engine in the Lexus GS range, the 2.0 - liter turbocharged
gasoline unit is also one of the most
efficient in the line - up, with the claimed economy figures of 22mpg in the city and 33mpg on the highway making the
car in this guise one of the more
efficient sedans in this class.
Though some rivals do claim to be almost as
efficient as the Mazda (the front - wheel - drive four - cylinder
gasoline Hyundai Santa Fe, for example, has identical on - paper stats as the all - wheel - drive Mazda CX - 9), the CX - 9 does rank up there as one of the more
efficient cars in this class.
It's also the most fuel -
efficient non-hybrid
gasoline car on the road.
The Mitsubishi Mirage is the only non-hybrid or non-electric
car to make the list, and is the most fuel
efficient gasoline - powered (non-hybrid) vehicle available in the US today.
Its engine has again become more powerful yet fuel
efficient; the 520 horsepower, 4.0 - litre, turbocharged and direct - injected TFSI V8
gasoline engine — paired with Audi's quattro all - wheel drive system — will shoot the S8 from 0 - 100 km / h in just 4.1 seconds, faster than some purpose - built sports
cars.
Schaeffer says diesel is currently 17 cents more than premium unleaded, but, ironically, lower
gasoline demand resulting from more
efficient cars and more cautious driving habits has lowered prices.
Although the market has shifted toward smaller, more -
efficient car - based SUVs in response to skyrocketing
gasoline prices, anyone who still craves a big, traditional SUV will appreciate the 2013 Lincoln Navigator's luxurious amenities, extraordinary cargo capacity and intimidating stature.
It's also the most fuel -
efficient gasoline - engine
car with all - wheel drive available in America and offers confident handling in part because of it, and its Top Safety Pick status as well as driver's knee airbag help establish it as one of the safest small -
car picks.
Electricity is at least twice as
efficient as
gasoline, thus a
car rated at 30 - 40 mpg will get an mpge around 90 - 100.
Japan's domestic market demands small,
efficient cars because Japan tases the bejesus out of
gasoline.
Other reports showed that Americans are driving more fuel -
efficient cars, and that they're driving fewer miles than in previous years due to higher
gasoline prices, the recent economic recession and changing generational preferences.
The 2018 Volt now uses an
efficient 1.5 - liter
gasoline engine mostly to power the
car while it's operating as a hybrid, rather than to charge its battery.
Even with today's power plants emitting greenhouse gases, the overall levels would be reduced because the entire process of moving a
car one mile is more
efficient using electricity than producing
gasoline and burning it in a
car's engine.
In a sign of one major internal difference, Mr. Chu has called for gradually ramping up
gasoline taxes over 15 years to coax consumers into buying more -
efficient cars and living in neighborhoods closer to work.
In Brazil, abundant natural resources — Sun, rain and sugar cane — are transformed into
efficient, sustainable biofuel, making Brazil the only nation whose
cars could keep running if all
gasoline were to vanish.
With a critical threshold of used
cars in the market, used -
car dealerships in China are experiencing a boon. This may not be too much of a bad thing if used
cars become preferred purchases over new
cars, even so - called green
cars — Scientific American weighs the life - cycle benefits of continuing the use of older
gasoline - runned
cars over buying newer more
efficient models.
As reported by Bloomberg, forecasts from the IEA indicate that global
gasoline consumption has all but peaked, as more
efficient cars and the advent of electric vehicles are going to halt demand growth in the next 25 years.
Plan 4 is the sneaky plan to increase the ethanol content of
gasoline to the point where it will destroy many old
cars and force people into buying new
cars that the EPA considers green, such as the Chevy Volt, Toyota Prius, Nissan Leaf, or at the very least, more fuel -
efficient gasoline powered
cars that pollute less and will run on E15.
The Asahi Shimbun reports (via GCC) that Toyota will shift its strategy for the North American market to fuel -
efficient small and mid-size
cars in response to high
gasoline prices and a slowing US economy.
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The United States could easily cut its
gasoline use in half simply by converting the U.S. automobile fleet to highly
efficient hybrid
cars.
In addition to being much less
efficient than
gasoline, E40 can not be used in most current
car models, lawn mowers, and other small engines.
However, electric
cars are incredibly more
efficient than conventional
gasoline cars due to the electric motor.
Electric
cars have long been better than
gasoline - powered
cars in many ways — they're a few times more
efficient; they offer instant torque (excellent initial acceleration that's a lot of fun and very useful); they're much more convenient (plug in when you get home and never have to go to the gas station!)
Many automakers spout marketing messages about offering consumers «choice» in green
cars, but that generally means one conventional hybrid option along with a variety of
efficient and not - so -
efficient gasoline engines.
There's nothing like a
gasoline shortage to get buyers thinking about more fuel -
efficient cars.
Luscious is a secular temple built to serve hybrids, the
cars powered by both an electric motor (most often engaged when starting or stopping, thus most
efficient in city traffic) and a
gasoline engine (most
efficient on the open road).
600 horsepower (unlike
gasoline - powered
cars, having more available power doesn't make an EV less
efficient when you're not using that power).
Technical Details Honda President Takeo Fukui said about the upcoming hybrid: 1) The
car will have a global nameplate, 2) the engine will be based on the Civic's, but will use a newly designed motor and engine control unit, making it lighter and more compact, 3) it will be priced below the current Civic Hybrid, 4) it will take its design cues from the FCX Clarity hydrogen fuel cell vehicle (pictured above) and 5) it will use nickel metal hydride batteries.It's probably a smart move to use the Civic's engine, as it is very
efficient (for a
gasoline engine) and not developing a new engine will help keep costs down.