List of Fuel Efficient Cars
 

Here is my list of the most fule efficient vehicals from 2006-1994. It goes "Best Hybrid, Best Diesel, Top 3 normal gas cars". All cars are stick shift.

EPA Figures from www.fueleconomy.gov

2006
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Honda Insight 60/66
Beetle/golf/jetta--Diesel-- 37/44
1)Toyota Corolla 32/41
2)Scion xA 32/37
3)Hyundai Accent 32/35


2005
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Honda Insight 61/66
Beetle/golf/jetta--Diesel-- 38/46
1)Honda Civic---Lean Burn---36/44
2)Toyota Echo 35/42
3)Toyota Corolla 32/41

2004
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Honda Insight 60/66
Beetle/golf/jetta--Diesel-- 38/46
1)Honda Civic---VTEC-E---36/44
2)Toyota Echo 35/43
3)Toyota Corolla 32/40

2003
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Honda Insight 61/68
Beetle/golf/jetta--Diesel-- 42/49
1)Honda Civic---Lean Burn---36/44
2)Toyota Echo 35/43
3)Toyota Corolla 32/40

2002
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Honda Insight 61/68
Beetle/golf/jetta--Diesel-- 42/49
1)Toyota Echo 34/41
2)Honda Civic 33/39
3)Toyota Corolla/Prizim 32/41

2001
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Honda Insight 61/68
Beetle/golf/jetta--Diesel-- 42/49
1)Toyota Echo 34/41
2)Toyota Corolla/Prizim 32/41
3)Honda Civic/Mitsubishi Mirage 32/39

2000
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Honda Insight 61/68
Beetle/golf/jetta--Diesel-- 42/49
1)Chevrolet Metro-1 L- 39/46
2)Toyota Echo 34/41
3)Mitsubishi Mirage 33/40

1999
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Beetle/golf/jetta--Diesel-- 42/49
1)Chevrolet Metro-1 L- 41/47
2)Toyota Paseo 33/41
3)Mitsubishi Mirage 33/40

1998
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Beetle/jetta--Diesel-- 41/48
1)Chevrolet Metro 44/49
2)Mitsubishi Mirage 33/40
3)Honda Civic 32/37

1997
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Golf/jetta--Diesel-- 40/49
1)Chevrolet Metro 44/49
2)Honda Civic-VTEC-E- 37/44
3)Ford Aspire 34/42

1996
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Golf/jetta--Diesel-- 41/49
1)Chevrolet Metro 44/49
2)Ford Aspire 34/42
3)Honda Civic 33/38

1995
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1)Chevrolet Metro 44/49
2)Honda Civic---1.5 L,EGR/2-VLV--- 42/46
3)Ford Aspire 36/42

1994
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1)Geo Metro XFI 53/58
1)Geo Metro 46/49
2)Honda Civic 42/46
3)Ford Aspire 36/42

finally i found this thread i was searching for the list of old fuel-efficient cars and just looking if the Ford Aspire is included and gladly that car was on the list..
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why do you have the honda civic at 42/46 when the VX is 47/56???

I'd love to get a hold of a first gen Insight, but they want a pretty penny for them.

Actually... i've found these insights to be pretty cheap... on craigslist i saw a few for 7 or 8k with 100k miles on them. I would get one if they had 4 seats instead of just 2.

Beware of cheap hybrids. With that kind of age & mileage they may be cheap because they need new batteries.

I don't think a $7,000 or $8,000 Insight with 100k miles is much of a bargain, when you can pick up something like a Hyundai Elantra or Chevy Cavalier of the same vintage with 50k miles for $3000. That $4,000-5,000 will buy enough gas to run the car another 50k miles, at which time the Insight engine needs a rebuild, and the Hyundai still has another 50k left in it.

This thread looks accurate to me. I get around the same for my '02 Corolla, a little better though mostly. :thumbup:

The Golf and Jetta TDI diesels were not available in the US in 1996. The non direct injected diesels didn't get the mileages indicated. Indeed the Golf TDI wasn't available until 2000(?).
For 1996 the Passat TDI would be the highest mpg diesel (37/45), for 1997 the lighter Jetta (no Golf) would be it. 1998 the Jetta (3rd gen "A") or New Beetle (4th gen "A"), different engines, too, would duke it out. 1999 saw the Jetta also (finally) switch to the 4th gen chassis.

Yep, my 94 VX lean burn, VTEC-E was EPA rated at 46/56.