Best Gas Mileage Cars That Save You Money at the Petrol Bowser

By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Peter_Lee]Peter Lee

The best gas mileage cars are your best answer to today's insanely-fluctuating gas prices and the worldwide financial downturn.

Fuel saving cars leading the revolt on expensive transport costs are the hybrid fuel-electric cars from the Land of the Rising Sun, the Toyota Prius, the more conventional-looking Honda Civic or the Nissan Altima.

The famous Toyota Prius is a 100 per cent hybrid car, constructed from the ground up to merge its gasoline-miser 1.5 liter 4 cylinder engine with batteries and electric motor. It achieves an EPA fuel consumption rating of 48 mpg in the city and 45 mpg on the open road.

Honda's little Civic can be bought as a hybrid, with a 1.3 liter 4-cylinder engine. The car's EPA stats are 40 mpg city, and 45 mpg on the highway. The Honda Civic petrol-powered vehicle returns 26/34 mpg, which is great for a conventional engine.

Nissan's Altima Hybrid is a 2.5 liter 4-cylinder vehicle which manages an EPA-tested 35 mpg in the city and 33 mpg on the highway. It has an electric motor like the Honda and Toyota hybrid cars, but it fails to reach their record fuel economy. Instead the Altima has a heap more grunt.

Other non-hybrid best gas mileage cars would include the unique-looking Smart Fourtwo, a tiny gasoline-powered car that is often mistaken for a hybrid. The Fourtwo is powered by a 1-liter, 3-cylinder, 71 h.p. petrol engine that returns 33 mpg city and 41 open road.

The Volkswagen Jetta TDI is a 2 litre 4-cylinder turbo-diesel passenger car which rates 30 mpg city or 41 mpg highway with its 6-speed manual transmission. Yet the automatic transmission still does 40 mpg on the freeway, the EPA stats show. This is quite a Vee Dub, I must say.

The hybrid model Toyota Camry car does 33 mpg in the city and does 34 mpg on the freeway with a 2.4 liter 4-cylinder engine. The hybrid Camry looks like any other Camry, which can be a good thing sometimes.

The powerful little Mini Cooper delivers 28 mpg city and 37 highway from its 1.6 liter 4-cylinder gasoline engine. The Mini Cooper seats four adults with ease and is heaps of fun to drive around in.

The Toyota Yaris manages 29/36 mpg (city/highway) mileage from its 1.5 liter 4-cylinder engine and manual transmission. The 4-speed automatic gearbox is nearly as cheap to run on petrol, and gets you 35 mpg out on the highways. Like all the good quality compact cars, the tiny Yaris is bigger when you sit in it than you would ever imagine from looking at it. It to be there with the best gas mileage cars.

For further tips on high-MPG cars and how to save gas go to http://www.i-save-u-gas.com

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