Forbes Top 10 Most Fuel-Efficient Cars 2006

**orly_andico** · October 11th, 2006 02:06 PM

Of course this ranking is only based on absolute fuel economy, not fuel economy per passenger (which the Insight would fail miserably, that's for sure).

the figures are MPG city/highway, US EPA estimate (which are usually overstated quite a bit)

20MPG = 8.47km/L
30MPG = 12.7km/L
60MPG = 25.4km/L

1. Honda Insight, 60/66
2. Toyota Prius, 60/55
3. Honda Civic GX (natural gas), 28/39
4. Toyota Camry Hybrid, 40/38
5. Toyota Yaris hatch/sedan, 34/40
6. VW New Beetle diesel, 37/44
7. Toyota Corolla, 32/41
8. Honda Fit, 33/38
9. VW Jetta diesel, 36/41
10. Ford Escape Hybrid and scion xA, 32/37

What's surprising is that the 6-year old Toyota Corolla (1.8L engine) is on the list at all, and that it gets better mileage than the Fit. But i think US Fits don't come with the 1.3L i-DSi or the CVT. But for the Corolla, quoted city is 32mpg or 13.55km/L.

**Horsepower** · October 11th, 2006 02:16 PM

Hyundai Getz can get better scores than those. hehe

**niky** · October 11th, 2006 06:09 PM

Heck, the Jazz 1.3 can get much better scores...

Baba ng estimate ng 1.5 VTEC Jazz, ah... our clubmate got 32+ mpg (14 km/l) when we went to the BRC. That's mixed hataw (on track) and high speed highway running.

**bougartt** · October 11th, 2006 08:10 PM

Diba sa States di kasi CVT yung Honda Fit? Maybe thats why its getting low numbers..

**badkuk** · October 11th, 2006 09:12 PM

hmmm...ung mga subcompact na euro diesel cars, naisama kaya dito?

so mas fuel efficient pa ung corolla kesa fit? hmmm, corolla zealot ako, pero something doesn't smell right...

**orly_andico** · October 11th, 2006 09:51 PM

the EPA methodology has been widely criticized by people for being unrealistic. but it's a consistent method of comparing different vehicles (roughly). i think if the EPA estimates are within 10% to 20% of each other, that's statistically insignificant, because driving style trumps everything else. so EPA estimates are just for rough comparisons.

**Monseratto** · October 11th, 2006 10:23 PM

Originally Posted by badkuk

hmmm...ung mga subcompact na euro diesel cars, naisama kaya dito?

Sa US ata very strict yung emission standards sa fuels, kaya yung diesel is more expensive than petrol. Wala o bihira kang makikitang diesel cars sa States.

**niky** · October 11th, 2006 10:29 PM

Originally Posted by badkuk

hmmm...ung mga subcompact na euro diesel cars, naisama kaya dito?

so mas fuel efficient pa ung corolla kesa fit? hmmm, corolla zealot ako, pero something doesn't smell right...

Kaya nga nakakapagtaka... I've never seen better than 16 km/l on a Corolla in real world conditions, yet you can get 20s even with the 1.5.

**redorange** · October 11th, 2006 10:49 PM

Originally Posted by Monseratto

Sa US ata very strict yung emission standards sa fuels, kaya yung diesel is more expensive than petrol. Wala o bihira kang makikitang diesel cars sa States.

US diesel will have very low sulfur content next year, up to the end of this year it is 500ppm and next year it will be 15ppm for highway diesel(cars and trucks). Diesel also sell for about .25 to .40 more per gallon than regular unleaded, which is why most people here don't use diesel.

**redorange** · October 11th, 2006 11:01 PM

Originally Posted by niky

Kaya nga nakakapagtaka... I've never seen better than 16 km/l on a Corolla in real world conditions, yet you can get 20s even with the 1.5.

Do they use the 1ZZ-FE or the 7A-FE engine on the Corolla in the RP? Isn't the Altis the one that uses the 1ZZ-FE? US Corolla engines are the 1ZZ-FE(135hp) and the 2ZZ-GE(170hp).