If you're buying new, look no further:
2010 Kia Rio
Price: $11,495The manual Kia Rio gets 31 mpg without the benefit of a hybrid engine, keeping its cost low. (The automatic drive comes in at a combined 30 mpg, but does better on the highway.)
Stats
28 mpg city (27 automatic)
34 mpg highway (36 automatic)
$2.15 to drive 25 miles
$1,294 annual fuel cost
5.9 tons of CO2 annually
2010 Smart ForTwo
Price: $11,990Whether you pick up the classic coupe or the convertible (no, it's not a golf cart), the Smart ForTwo's 36 mpg make it the most fuel-efficient non-hybrid car on the market. And at $11,990 it's also the most affordable. It was rated one of Greenopia's greenest cars of the year.
Stats
33 mpg city
41 mpg highway
$1.85 to drive 25 miles
$1,113 annual fuel cost
5.1 tons of CO2 annually
2010 Toyota Yaris
Price: $12,355Whether the little Yaris you get is the 3-door hatch, the 5-door hatch (add $300) or the 5-door sedan (add $750), the little Yaris gets 32 mpg.
Stats
29 mpg city
36 mpg highway (35 for manual)
$2.09 to drive 25 miles
$1,254 annual fuel cost
5.7 tons of CO2 annually
2010 Hyundai Accent Blue
Price: $13,645At 31 mpg, this new baseline version of the Accent (which otherwise gets 30 mpg) is among the more affordable fuel efficient 2010 cars.
Stats
27 mpg city
36 mpg highway
$2.15 to drive 25 miles
$1,294 annual fuel cost
5.9 tons of CO2 annually
2010 Honda Fit
Price: $14,900If you're buying a new Fit, the automatic 5-speed gets the best mileage, with 31 mpg. It is rated one of the greenest cars of 2010 by Kelly Blue Book.
Stats
28 mpg city
35 mpg highway
$2.15 to drive 25 miles
$1,294 annual fuel cost
5.9 tons of CO2 annually
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It's nice to see that our auto manufactures are able to get more than 30MPG on non-hybrid car, hope fully they able to meet near 50MPG for non-hybrid vehicles can be a good research output which is able to keep the car cost at their low while keeping the car fuel efficient equivalent to 50MPG
ReplyDeletevery nice compiling information which is quite useful for consumers like me, after reading this now i can got to know their are some cars exist which gives us better mileage even their not hybrid ones.
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