Top 10 Most Fuel-Efficient Cars for 2003
From Edmunds.com
We've compiled a list of the 10 most fuel-efficient cars currently sold in the U.S. based on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) miles-per-gallon ratings for city and highway travel. We considered only those cars that you can refuel at a regular gas station, so there are no electric or natural gas vehicles on this list. In order to arrive at a final hierarchy, we used the EPA's combined fuel economy formula: 55 percent of city mpg rating plus 45 percent of highway mpg rating. The rating for each vehicle below is expressed in mpg as a city/highway ratio. All ratings apply to base models equipped with a manual transmission, unless indicated otherwise with an asterisk. Also, we only allowed a given model to appear once on the list, except in the case of the Honda Civic because it's also available as a gas/electric hybrid.
- Honda Insight — 61/68
- Toyota Prius* — 52/48
Honda Civic Hybrid* — 48/47
Honda Civic Hybrid — 46/51 - Volkswagen New Beetle TDI — 42/49
Volkswagen Golf TDI — 42/49
Volkswagen Jetta TDI — 42/49 - Honda Civic HX — 36/44
- Toyota Echo — 35/43
- Toyota Corolla — 32/40
- Dodge Neon — 29/36
Toyota Matrix — 29/36
Mini Cooper — 28/37
Pontiac Vibe — 29/36 - Hyundai Accent — 29/33
- Nissan Sentra — 28/36
Ford Focus — 27/36 - Kia Rio — 26/33
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