2008 most fuel efficient automobiles (and the least fuel efficient)

federal govt - Dept of Energy ^ | Nov 2007

[doug from upland]

The link to the site also has the least efficient. Here are the most fuel efficient.

[Dilbert56]

You know where there should be a massive conversion to hybrids? NYC taxis. They spend 75-85% of their day sitting in traffic belching fumes and wasting gas. It's the ideal environment for a hybrid.

Mayor Bloomberg should hold a contest for automakers to design a Hybrid Taxi. Then force all taxi operators to convert. Sell the old cabs off to other cities that aren't as gridlocked.

Think of how much quieter and cleaner the city would be, and how much gas would be saved. Then they should disable the horns.

[doug from upland]

Several Duesenbergs, but I didn’t count them. He said they were only built in one year but took eight years to sell because of the Depression.

[doug from upland]

Yes, it gets higher in the city. It starts out on electric only. Here is an article from my brother’s magazine - http://www.greencar.com/index.cfm?content=features32

[doug from upland]

I’ve haven’t read his column. His segments on the website are great. He filmed one while I was there regarding the natural gas Civic.

[doug from upland]

It’s going great. I’m on a Bakersfield talk show today to talk about HILLARY! UNCENSORED. We are hoping that the word keeps getting out there and we can get Hillary to about 57% negative.

[doug from upland]

I don’t know why they left off diesels. Diesel is going to make a big comeback.

[doug from upland]

Yes, NYC taxis would be the ideal use.

[ovrtaxt]

Where’s the rest of the list? No SUVs, sports cars, exotics? The variable displacement technologies that GM and Chrysler are using need to be included here.

[ovrtaxt]

My Mustang GT and I fully agree. :)

[doug from upland]

Ron discusses diesels here - http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2001/08/05/MN31179.DTL

[ovrtaxt]

I have one too! Tungsten gray w/ a black top and gray interior. Lotsa chrome.

Nothing sounds better than downshifting that bad boy into second gear on the interstate and blowing past the crowds. The exhaust is tuned so perfectly.

[doug from upland]

I’m sure there are other lists. When I saw that gas was $5 somewhere, I thought this one might be interesting.

[norwaypinesavage]

Since these data are from the federal government, I wonder why they don’t also include accident fatality data from the NHTSA Fatal Accident Reporting System (FARS).

[doug from upland]

I’m sure that’s available. The specific point of this was gas mileage.

[norwaypinesavage]

I was probably being a little too subtle. My point is that fuel economy is directly proportional to fuel economy. Higher fuel economy means higher fatalities. High fuel economy truly trades blood for oil.

[BraveMan]

The Saturn Sky Redline will blow the doors off the Miata. The EPA estimates for the Sky RL are 19/28 (city/highway). With mine I routinely get 34 MPG on the highway at 70 MPH.

[doug from upland]

I understood what you were saying. :)

[JosephW]

I would have thought so as well, but then I noticed that the Prius is considered a mid-size and it effectively knocked the Camry out of contention.

The new Accord being just large enough has moved to the next size class and is the winner there.

Personally I still would compare the Prius to the Civic and the Camry to the Accord even though they are in different size classifications according to the govt.

[painter]

If the Honda Accord is a “Large” car, I wonder what a Crown Vic is?

A barge?

BTW My family car is a 1992 Crown Vic.Well tuned it will get 26-29 mpg on the hwy. To get better mileage you would have to buy a smaller car.

[abigailsmybaby]

Talk about zoom zoom zoom!