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  • 2011 Toyota Prius

    As of the middle of April, gasoline is approaching $4.00 per gallon across the United States and oil is surging past $110 per barrel. More and more energy observers are talking about "$5 per gallon fuel" here in the U.S. So how do you minimize your gasoline costs and maximize your mileage? What makes more sense, a high-mileage small car, a midsize hybrid, or a plug-in electric car? According to Consumer Reports, the typical American drives about 12,000 miles a year. If you're driving a lumbering SUV, you're probably lucky to see 20 miles per gallon. A more sedate midsize car can return around...

  • 2011 Hyundai Elantra
    Five Things We Like About The New 2011 Hyundai Elantra (Video)

    The 2011 Hyundai Elantra compact sedan, entirely redesigned for this model year, has won rave reviews and is selling like gangbusters. We found many things to like in the stylish little Hyundai, and as part of our series of quick road-test and review videos, we listed the top five. Check out the...

  • 2011 Hyundai Elantra
    2011 Hyundai Elantra: Two-Minute Road Test Review (Video)

    The 2011 New York Auto Show is kicking off this week, with new compact car entries that include the all-wheel-drive 2012 Subaru Impreza, among others. But a strong new contender this year that's already selling fast is the 2011 Hyundai Elantra, which we recently road-tested over our usual route of...

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    Taking Advantage Of Your IRS Mileage: Hybrid Cars Can Help

    This week is the heart of tax time. If you're like many other taxpayers or a small businessperson, right about now you're looking up the 2010 mileage rate that the IRS lets you use when deducting personal-vehicle use as a business expense. So here's the answer: The IRS mileage rate is 50 cents per...

  • 2012 Ford Focus
    2011 New York Auto Show: High-Mileage Compact Car Wars Heat Up

    We're barreling toward the 2011 New York Auto Show, where media days kick off in two weeks. While concept cars like the Lexus LF-Gh luxury hybrid sports sedan will get lots of attention, once the media leave, actual car buyers will be just as curious about fuel efficient cars with high gas mileage...

  • 2012 Honda Civic Sedan
    2012 Honda Civic: What Do You Want To Know About The Redesign?

    The Honda Civic is one of the best-known and best-selling compact cars in the U.S. market. And it's just been entirely redesigned. For all the details, you'll have to wait until Wedneday, April 20, when the full line of 2012 Honda Civic models will be unveiled at the New York Auto Show. But we're...

  • 2011 Chevrolet Cruze Eco, New York City, March 2011

    The EPA rates the 2011 Chevrolet Cruze Eco at 28 mpg city, 42 mpg highway, when it's fitted with the six-speed manual transmission. But can the Cruze Eco really reach beyond that magic 40-mpg number, which is highway mileage only? VIDEO: 2011 Chevrolet Cruze Eco, Our Real-World Gas Mileage On our recent road test, we averaged 34.2 mpg--slightly better than the EPA combined rating of 33 mpg--probably due to logging more highway mileage than around-town use. In the video below, we discuss the pros and cons of this uber-economical Cruze, including some of the technologies that give it the...

  • 2011 Mazda2 First Drive
    2011 Mazda2: Lightweight Status, Small Engine Yield 41 MPG

    At just over 2,300 pounds, the Mazda2 is a lightweight. It's about 200 pounds less than the Honda Fit, MINI Cooper, or Ford Fiesta, and a bit less than the Toyota Yaris even. And, Smart Fortwo aside, that makes it the lightest regular production vehicle for 2011. Lighter weight and smaller engine...

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    You'll Pay $700 More For Gasoline This Year (If You're Average)

    According to the Department of Energy, the average U.S. household will pay $700 more for gasoline this year than it did in 2010. In a weekly review of the oil market, the department's Energy Information Administration noted that prices will rise at least 10 cents more over the current national...

  • 2011 Chevrolet Cruze Eco, New York City, March 2011
    2011 Chevy Cruze Eco Gas Mileage: We Get 34 MPG--Which Is Fine

    With political uncertainty in oil-producing states, and the rising gas prices that brings, you can expect to see a lot more headlines saying "40 MPG!" We just did a quick overnight road test of a 2011 Chevrolet Cruze Eco with the six-speed manual transmission, which the EPA rates at 28 mpg city and...

  • 2012 Ford Focus
    Who's Your Gas Buddy? 16 Cars With 40-MPG Gas Mileage On Sale Now

    Gas prices got you all nervous? Figuring the days of cheap gas are over? Thinking about a new car with much better gas mileage? Well, just because the EPA rates a specific car at the magic 40-mpg mark doesn't mean you'll actually get 40 mpg. But the ratings are a good indicator of where cars stand...

  • 2011 Hundai Sonata Hybrid, La Jolla, California, October 2010
    Hyundai Sonata Hybrid Delay: Deciding To Make It Make Noise, Always

    Hyundai is no friend to cheating spouses, that's for sure. Of course, neither is Congress (despite the recent Craigslist antics of former Representative Chris Lee). But perhaps we should start at the beginning. 'Vast defect' ?!?!? We've gotten several notes over the past few weeks from Colorado...

  • 2012 Honda Civic

    You may have seen it on a t-shirt: "40 is the new 30." But you may not have realized it applies to miles-per-gallon just as much as age. While cars with EPA ratings of 30 mpg or more used to be considered in the highest ranks of fuel efficiency, now 40 mpg seems to be the new benchmark for non-hybrid compact car lines. And Honda, long known for the small and fuel-efficient Civic compact sedan and coupe, will be right up there with the rest of the gang when it launches the new 2012 Honda Civic. 41 mpg highway, but you have to order it Honda expects the Civic HF model to receive an EPA rating...

  • 2010 Cadillac Escalade EXT
    Five Reasons Gas-Guzzlers Won't Die--And Shouldn't--Any Time Soon

    Writing about green cars can be a challenge. On the one hand, this site attracts many new-car buyers who want to learn more about more fuel-efficient alternatives to what they're driving now. Consider the Ford Explorer driver who bought a Honda Fit because it was really all he needed. But on the...

  • 2011 Hyundai Elantra
    Hyundai Steps Up Its MPG Reporting Dare To Other Carmakers

    Although EPA gas-mileage ratings may or may not be achievable in real-world driving conditions, they're a good relative benchmark. They're also a very public encouragement to carmakers to make more fuel-efficient cars. Hyundai, whose new 2011 Elantra compact model is rated at 40 mpg highway for all...

  • 2012 Fiat 500
    EPA Rates 2012 Fiat 500 Fuel Economy: Not 40 MPG, But Close

    With the first few Fiat 500 minicars now landing in Chrysler dealerships this month and next, the small car's fuel efficiency is clearly one of the main questions buyers will ask about. Now the EPA has released its final ratings for the car, though they're not yet on its FuelEconomy.org website...

  • 2010 Honda Fit Sport
    40-MPG Cars Are Better Than Ever; Too Bad They're Not Selling

    Today's small cars are better than they've ever been, even if few of them are among the EPA's all-time gas mileage champs. And spurred by tighter fuel-economy laws, 40 miles per gallon on the highway is becoming the new target for subcompact and even compact cars. There's just one little problem...

  • 2011 Hyundai Elantra
    Hyundai Drops The Gloves, Will Call Out Sales of 40-MPG Cars

    Just a month ago, we suggested that 40 miles per gallon is the new bragging threshold for subcompact and even compact cars. Now, Hyundai has dropped the gloves (or thrown down the gauntlet) with a clever marketing campaign to contrast it with other makers: It will start breaking out the sales of...

  • 2011 Chevrolet Cruze Eco

    To achieve ambitious 2016 Federal fuel-economy goals, carmakers are working hard to make their engines smaller and more efficient. That's not news. But it's increasingly looking like we'll have a new target for compact cars over the next few years: a rating of 40 miles per gallon highway, from an engine of 1.4 liters. Cruze and Volt too That's what both General Motors and Chrysler are planning on. GM's entry will enter dealerships early next year: It's the 2011 Chevrolet Cruze Eco, which uses a special package of lightweight wheels, active aerodynamic aids, and other components to achieve an...

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