Fuel Economy
Stick-Shifts Are Back, But Automatics Give Best Gas Mileage
Ever since the early 1950s, Americans have loved the easy-to-drive charms of the automatic gearbox so much, that most Americans today don’t know how -- or want -- to drive a manual stick-shift car. Historically, those who want to drive manuals have been sports car fans eager for the extra...
2012 Toyota Matrix: Small Car, Low Gas Mileage Too?
Sometimes you have to ask, What were they thinking? A recent article on five small cars with the worst gas mileage named four for which gas mileage may not even cross the... April 27, 2012 by John Voelcker
Gas Prices Falling Now, But Will They Stay Low?
Any reader who's not driving a battery-electric car (and there are relatively few of you) may have noticed that gas prices have stopped rising, recently. They're even falling... April 25, 2012 by John Voelcker 6
Jaguar Joins Downsized Engine Parade With Very Familiar Four
Writing about the latest carmaker plans to add smaller, more efficient engines is now almost a weekly occurrence. Today's lucky winner is Jaguar, which took the occasion of... April 23, 2012 by John Voelcker 1
Higher Gas Prices Don't Change Buyers' New-Car Choices Much
Fuel efficiency is making news headlines lately, with new-car sales achieving record high fuel-economy numbers in the U.S. (and in the U.K. as well). But a survey of car... April 18, 2012 by John Voelcker 15
Small Four-Cylinder Engines Are Here To Stay
There was a time when most car buyers looked on small capacity four-cylinder engines with distain. To them, unless an engine had 6-cylinders or more, it was over-stressed... April 17, 2012 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 2
More Doom & Gloom On Higher MPG Standards From Car Dealers
It's not news that new, higher fuel-economy standards will raise the cost of future cars in real dollars. Now a new study, funded by the National Automobile Dealers... April 17, 2012 by John Voelcker 12
Five Wacky Ways Automakers Try To Sell You New Green Cars
In the automotive world, there’s a constant struggle going on between automakers keen to encourage customers to choose their green car over the competition. Just after... April 12, 2012 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 1
Average Fuel Economy Tops 24 MPG In March For First Time Ever
It's working. Concerted efforts by automakers to meet new, more stringent fuel-economy requirements are gradually driving up the efficiency of new passenger vehicles sold in... April 11, 2012 by John Voelcker 2
2013 Ram 1500 Pickup Truck: Same Looks, Much Better Mileage (Video)
The New York Auto Show, now open to the public, occupies two floors of the Javits Convention Center, and organizers this year were strict about relegating trucks to the... April 9, 2012 by John Voelcker
Very Efficient Gas Engines More Important Than Electrics For 2010s
Electric cars get a lot of press, and they'll increase in number--slowly--over the next decade. But more efficient gasoline engines are what will drive the increase in fuel... April 3, 2012 by John Voelcker 6
52 MPG At 70 MPH? No, Not In A Prius--In A Porsche Panamera
Steady-speed highway cruising doesn't actually take that much energy compared to accelerating up to, say, 70 mph in the first place. The really hard part is getting... March 29, 2012 by John Voelcker 66
More Efficient Cars, More Domestic Energy: It's Working (Despite Gas Prices)
It still hasn't really registered in public awareness, but as we've said before, U.S. gasoline consumption has been falling since 2006. Now, it turns out that U.S. energy... March 23, 2012 by John Voelcker 14
Smaller, More Efficient Engines: Volvo To Rely On Fours Soon?
Volvo has already dropped V-8 engines from its product line, and the Swedish automaker has previously indicated that it would move away from five and six-cylinder engines in... March 15, 2012 by Kurt Ernst
China Slows On Electric Cars To Focus On Fuel Efficiency
Several years ago, the U.S. auto industry worried that Chinese carmakers would use inexpensive cars to gain a foothold here, just as Japanese and Korean makers had done. That... March 13, 2012 by John Voelcker 5
Tata Reboots Nano, World’s Cheapest Car, As Coolest Small Car
When Indian automaker Tata launched the world’s cheapest small car, it gave thousands of people across India the chance to own a car of their own for the first time... March 12, 2012 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 4
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