Good Green Cars » buyers guides http://www.goodgreencars.com Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:10:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 12 Unexpected Gas-Saving Cars http://www.goodgreencars.com/2008/08/12-unexpected-gas-saving-cars/ http://www.goodgreencars.com/2008/08/12-unexpected-gas-saving-cars/#comments Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:44:35 +0000 kristen http://www.goodgreencars.com/?p=86 The NY Times reported last weekend on a dozen autos you might not expect to get such great gas mileage. Among their picks was a Corvette, which I can tell you first-hand gets better gas mileage than you’d expect, at 26 mpg on the highway — if you drive it reasonably and responsibly. But who does that in a Corvette?

Here’s the Times’s list with combined miles per gallon, but you’ll want to read the whole list on the newspaper’s Web site. Reporter Lawrence Ulrich includes everything from tiny econoboxes to full-size SUVs and pickups. He purposefully left out the obvious, like the Prius and Honda Civic, to focus on overlooked models in broad categories.

  • Toyota Camry Hybrid, 34 mpg
  • Volkswagen Jetta TDI, 33 mpg
  • Mini Cooper, 29 mpg
  • Nissan Versa, 27 mpg
  • Honda Accord coupe, 24 mpg
  • Toyota RAV-4, 24 mpg
  • Mazda 5, 23 mpg
  • BMW 328i, 22 mpg
  • Toyota Tacoma, 21 mpg
  • Chevy Corvette, 19 mpg
  • Ford Flex, 19 mpg
  • Mercedes-Benz GL320 Bluetec, 19 mpg
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