Forget the EPA. Consumer Guide's auto editors drove 150,000 miles last year. We drove to work, to day care, to the grocery store, and on vacation. We drove through record heat, blinding snow, driving rain, and confounding road construction--keeping track of every drop of fuel we used along the way.
The EPA admits its fuel economy numbers are estimates; our numbers are real.
One of the beautiful things about the net is you're only one click away from millions of great destinations packed with useful information.
And one of my favorite articles that comes out every year is from my buddy Tom Appel over at consumer guide that takes it down to the bone and shows you the REAL mileage champions on the market today.
Here are just a few of the winners...can you guess the rest of the studly efficiency champs in each category.
Let us know what you thought and if you were surprised by the winners or vehicles you thought would make the list but didn't.
And by the way...that car that's COMING someday from the Not so Big 3 anymore has been in dealers for 4 years and the new one is even better.
It's called a 2010 Toyota Prius.
Almost ELEVEN REAL WORLD MPG's MORE than it's closest rival, the Mercury Milan and almost TWENTY REAL WORLD MPG's MORE than a Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid .
Some other gems:
2010 Honda Insight hatchback CVT
40/43 mpg
45.1 mpg
2010 Mercury Milan Hybrid sedan CVT
41/36 mpg
38.8 mpg
Mini Cooper S hatchback manual
26/34* mpg
32.7 mpg
BMW 335d sedan automatic
23/36 mpg
32.9 mpg
Volkswagen Jetta TDI sedan automatic
29/40 mpg
38.2 mpg
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