What Car Gets the Best Gas Mileage?
Whether you are a daily driver or you are looking for the best car for long road trips, it is vital to know what car gets the best gas mileage. During the 1970s and 1980s, carburetor was the best device for feeding fuel to a car engine. It was then replaced with fuel injection system in the 1990s and 2000s. Today, we have seen some new fuel technology such as hybrid cars as well as electric cars. Let’s put all together and sort out what car gets the best gas mileage in each class including sub-compact, compact, hatchbacks, mid-size sedan, large car, small wagon, mid-size wagon, pickups, electric cars, hybrid cars, small SUV (small crossover), large SUV, Minivan (7-seater) and convertibles.
Most Fuel Efficient Cars
Regardless of the class or fuel system, these are the top 10 most fuel efficient cars available for sale in the market today.
- BMW i3 – 137/111 mpg
- Chevrolet Spark EV – 128/109 mpg
- Nissan LEAF – 126/101 mpg
- Volkswagen e-Golf – 125/105 mpg
- Fiat 500e – 122/108 mpg
- Smart Fortwo Electric Drive – 122/93 mpg
- Kial Soul EV – 120/92 mpg
- Ford Focus – 110/99 mpg
- Tesla Model S – 95/106 mpg
- Mercedes-Benz B-Class – 85/82 mpg
Most Fuel Efficient Sedan Cars
- Volkswagen e-Golf – 125/105 mpg
- Tesla Model S – 95/106 mpg
- Toyota Prius – 51/48 mpg
- Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid – 50 mpg hybrid mode/95 MPGe EV mode
- Honda Accord Hybrid – 50/45 mpg
- Honda Civic – 44/47 mpg
- Volkswagen Jetta – 42/48 mpg
- Ford Fusion – 44/41 mpg
- Lexus CT – 43/40 mpg
- Toyota Camry – 43/39 mpg
See also: 6 Cylinder Car with Best Gas Mileage
Most Fuel Efficient Hybrids
This is the list of 2015 Top 10 most fuel efficient hybrid cars by Carsut.com.
- Toyota Prius – 51/48 mpg
- Toyota Prius C – 53/46 mpg
- Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid – 50 mpg hybrid mode/95 MPGe EV mode
- Honda Accord Hybrid – 50/45 mpg
- Honda Civic – 44/47 mpg
- Volkswagen Jetta – 42/48 mpg
- Ford Fusion – 44/41 mpg
- Lexus CT – 43/40 mpg
- Toyota Prius V – 44/40 mpg
- Toyota Camry – 43/39 mpg
Most Fuel Efficient Coupes
- Fiat 500e – 122/108 mpg
- Smart Fortwo electric drive – 122/93 mpg
- Honda CR-Z – 36/39 mpg
- Smart Fortwo – 34/38 mpg
- Fiat 500 – 31/40 mpg
- Volkswagen Beetle – 31/40 mpg
- Honda Civic – 30/39 mpg
- MINI Hardtop 2 door – 29/40 mpg
- Toyota Yaris – 30/37 mpg
- MINI Coupe – 29/37 mpg
Most Fuel Efficient Hatchbacks
- BMW i3 – 137/111 mpg
- Chevrolet Spark EV – 128/109 mpg
- Fiat 500e – 122/108 mpg
- Volkswagen e-Golf – 125/105 mpg
- Nissan LEAF – 126/101 mpg
- Smart Fortwo Electric Drive – 122/93 mpg
- Ford Focus – 110/99 mpg
- Kia Soul EV – 120/92 mpg
- Mercedes-Benz B-Class – 85/82 mpg
- Toyota Prius – 51/48 mpg
See also: Honda Fit/Honda Jazz and Honda Insight.
Most Fuel Efficient Convertibles
- Smart Fortwo Electric Drive – 122/93 mpg
- Smart Fortwo – 34/38 mpg
- Fiat 500c – 31/40 mpg
- Volkswagen Beetle – 31/40 mpg
- Fiat 500 Abarth – 28/34 mpg
- MINI Convertible – 27/34 mpg
- MINI Roadster – 27/34 mpg
- Audi A3 – 24/35 mpg
- Audi A5 – 21/29 mpg
- BMW 2 Series – 23/34 mpg
- BMW 4 Series – 23/34 mpg
Most Fuel Efficient Wagons
- Kial Soul EV – 120/92 mpg
- Toyota Prius V – 44/40 mpg
- Ford C-MAX Hybrid – 42/37 mpg
- Ford C-MAX Energi – 42/37 mpg
- BMW 3 Series – 31/43 mpg
- Subaru Impreza – 27/36 mpg
- MINI Countryman – 27/34 mpg
- MINI Paceman – 27/34 mpg
- Volvo V60 – 25/37 mpg
- Fiat 500L – 25/33 mpg
- Subaru Outback – 25/33 mpg
Most Fuel Efficient Crossovers
- Lexus NX – 35/51 mpg
- Subaru XV Crosstrek – 29/33 mpg
- BMW X3 – 27/34 mpg
- Lexus RX – 32/28 mpg
- MINI Countryman – 27/34 mpg
- MINI Paceman – 27/34 mpg
- Nissan JUKE – 28/32 mpg
- Chevrolet Trax – 26/34 mpg
- Honda CR-V – 27/34 mpg
- Mazda CX-5 – 26/32 mpg
See also: Best Gas Mileage SUV and BMW X1 sDrive20d Review
Most Fuel Efficient Pickups
It is important to maximize your mpg especially people who got a long daily commute with a pickup. The top 10 most fuel efficient pickups list here is ranked by combined fuel economy and it definitely helps you to select the best pickup you ever need.
- GMC Sierra 1500 Crew Cab – 18/24 mpg
- Chevrolet Colorado Crew Cab – 20/27 mpg
- Chevrolet Colorado Extended Cab – 19/26 mpg
- Ford F150 Super Cab – 19/26 mpg
- GMC Canyon Crew Cab – 20/27 mpg
- Ford F150 SuperCrew Cab – 19/26 mpg
- GMC Canyon Extended Cab – 19/26 mpg
- Toyota Tacoma Access Cab (alternative: Toyota Hilux) – 21/25 mpg
- Nissan Frontier King Cab – 19/23 mpg
- Toyota Tacoma Double Cab – 19/24 mpg
Best Mileage Electric Cars
Here is the list of Top 10 best electric cars of 2015 that gives the best gas mileage.
- BMW i3 – 137/111 mpg
- Chevrolet Spark EV – 128/109 mpg
- Fiat 500e – 122/108 mpg
- Nissan LEAF – 126/101 mpg
- Smart Fortwo Electric Drive – 122/93 mpg
- Ford Focus – 110/99 mpg
- Kia Soul EV – 120/92 mpg
- Tesla Model S – 95/106 mpg
- Mercedes-Benz B-Class – 85/82 mpg
- Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid – 50 mpg hybrid mode/95 MPGe EV mode
Least Fuel Efficient Cars
Check out the list of Top 10 Least Fuel Efficient Cars. Avoid buying these cars if fuel economy is the major concern for you when it comes to car buying.
- Bugatti Veyron – 10 mpg combined
- Bentley Mulsanne – 13 mpg combined
- Ferrari FF – 13 mpg combined
- Chevrolet Camaro – 14 mpg combined
- Rolls-Royce Phntom Coupe – 14 mpg combined
- Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe – 14 mpg combined
- Aston Martin DB9 – 15 mpg combined
- Maserati GranTurismo Convertible – 15 mpg combined
- Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Coupe – 15 mpg combined
- Infiniti QX50 – 20 mpg combined
See also: A Complete Car Buying Guide, Top Ten Cars American Women Love the Most and Learning to Drive an Automatic Car.