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Consider the Hyundai Sonata. Just bought a 2011 model and the 39mpg amazed me as well as the comfort and standard amenities. It’s a real fuel sipper.

The specs for your Sonata are 35mpg highway. I seriously doubt you are getting 39mpg unless you are going downhill the whole way. The blogs I've been reading about the Sonata 2011 version is that they have been averaging about 32-33mpg, which is good. Hyundai is famous for fudging their numbers. The Sonata is very light for a mid-sized car but they have geared it for max mpg. It's also very noisy because they took out a lot of sound proofing to get the weight out. They also only come with 4 Cylinders and they were able to lighten up the Chassis again reducing weight. So kudos to Hyundai but it's very overrated. Plus it's cheap on the inside and ugly as hell on the out. I wouldn't be caught dead driving one. But if you are happy so be it.

I’ve made two trips and admit to trying to drive as if an egg were between the pedal and foot during the second trip.

I also filled up after returning and figured the milage manually as well as the car’s trip computer. 38.5 the first time and 39.1 mpg on the second trip as I attempted to beat the first trip’s milage. I did not go over 70 mph and eased away from the few lights I hit in Mission Viejo. The trip does take me over higher than sea level elevations ( I think 3,000 feet or in that range) both to and from. Look at a map and you’ll see that there are mountains east and north of Riverside on hwy 60 and rolling hills south of riverside on the way to Orange County.

I’m confident I could duplicate that milage easily on any long trip. At a stop for coffee I ran into another Sonata owner who made the same claim on his first long trip.

I am impressed and certainly have no reason to lie. I’m 70 years old and have had lots of new cars in my life and this is the first one to exceed the claimed highway milage.

But if you are happy so be it.

I am not only happy with the milage (better than advertised) but I like the style and the interior and the electronics and it’s quiet compared to the WRX I just got rid of. I loved the WRX also but it got terrible milage but ofcourse I didn’t buy it for milage but for fun driving. I’m too old now to be a hotrodder.