Forbes Top 10 Most Fuel-Efficient Cars 2006

[orly_andico]

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]

Hyundai Getz can get better scores than those. hehe

[niky]

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]

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

[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...

[orly_andico]

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]

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]

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.