Top 10 Most Fuel Efficient Cars In America

We have compiled a list of the Top 10 Most Fuel Efficient Cars that are currently available in America. Many of the listed cars may be a dead-giveaway for a “top gas saver” and others you may have not thought of. If you are in the market to purchase a new vehicle or downsize from your gas guzzler then this is the list you want to look over.

All vehicles listed are the newest 2009 or 2008 model – whichever is currently available (June 2008).

#1

 

Toyota Prius
Price: $21,100
Gas Mileage: 48 mpg city / 45 mpg highway
Link: Toyota.com

Notes: The new Toyota Prius may be very difficult to come by if you are not on one of the Toyota dealership’s waiting lists. Some of the current lists are upwards of 6 months long.

#2

Honda Civic Hybrid
Price: $22,600
Gas Mileage: 40 mpg city / 45 mpg highway
Link: Honda.com

#3

Smart for Two
Price: $11,590
Gas Mileage: 31 mpg city / 41 mpg highway
Link: Smart.com

Notes: This may be the smallest vehicle you can currently buy so it may not appeal to everyone especially guys over 6ft tall.

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The Car of the Future

 

I could not help but share this article with everyone. After opening up my mind and realizing this is actually where we are headed. Welcome to smaller car world!

The linked article that I have chosen for today comes from Newsweek where they talk about the car of the future. Surprisingly we will not see many hydrogen powered cars on the road in the near future. Instead, we will all be downsizing utilizing new hybrid technologies such as found in the current Toyota Prius and the upcoming Chevy Volt. The Chevy Volt is a new and improved idea of the hybrid car where it does run just off of electricity but it has a very small engine that burns gas to charge the battery that powers the electric motor. Other developments will include simply making “better” hybrid vehicles and more economical “smaller” cars and cross-over SUV’s (CUV’s).

I encourage you to read the linked article below at Newsweek.com.

Newsweek Article: “The Car of the Future”

More Offshore Oil Drilling – Is It The Answer To Americas Thirst for Gas And High Prices?

Today I am a bit off of the direct automotive topics but this does indirectly affect the automotive world because 99% of the cars, trucks, and SUV’s on the road today in America use some type of Gas fuel that comes from oil. I won’t bore you with restating the fact that some people propose that they lift the ban on offshore drilling (for oil)… you can read about that on cnn.com. The big question I have for you is do you really think they should lift this ban and will it really “help” us? Some say that this will not even affect the gas prices until 5 years later if the ban was eliminated NOW. That means they start drilling today and then maybe 5 years from today you may see the price of gas come down from $10 a gallon… yea, I am thinking in 5 years the price will be around $10 to $15 a gallon at the rate we are going now. If you don’t think this is an answer then let us know what should be done. If you think this is an answer then let us know why.

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Honda FCX Clarity Zero-Emission Car Released

Do you remember our post last year where were asked who would be the first to bring hydrogen fuel cell cars to the US market? Well, yea, Honda did it.

Over 50,000 people have signed up to lease the new Honda FCX Clarity vehicle which is due to come out in July 2008. The New Honda FCX Clarity is on its way to sunny California, home of the governornator where Honda expects to lease out a few dozen of these new innovative vehicles this year and increase it to around 200 units within a year.

This would be a monumental event only if everyone had access to one to replace the current gas guzzler in our driveway.

The first five customers are all based in southern California because of the proximity of hydrogen fuelling stations.

As well as author and actress Jamie Lee Curtis, first customers include ‘Cold Mountain’ film producer Ron Yerxa, business owner and car enthusiast Jim Salomon and ’24′ actress Laura Harris.

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BMW’s Hydrogen 7-Series Cleans The Air, Literally!

It would be a dream if the future of our cars used water for power and actually cleaned the air as you drove it. No more high gas prices, no more pollutants, what a dream right? Well, this dream is not too far off because BMW already has a car that does exactly this.

Many people have heard about the BMW 7-Series Hydrogen powered car. Well, BMW is further developing this vehicle in preparation to actually sell it one day. They recently tested the output of emissions and could not get an actual reading thus stating that it cleans the air. Basically, the cars engine breaks down and converts carbon monoxide which in return cleans the air as you drive it.

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Hybrid vehicle Pros and Cons

Pros:

1. Gas is expensive and you will need less of it. It is always a plus when you do not have to empty out your wallet while stopping by your nearest yellow, green, or bright red pit stop. This is the main reason why the new Hybrid cars, trucks, and SUV’s get a second look despite the high initial sticker price.

2. Hybrids generally have better fuel economy. We all know for a fact that new hybrid vehicles will use a lot less gas than your current $80 to-fill-me-up family hauler or the ever so hungry daily commuter rice-n-gas burner or if you’re lucky the “only I can drive it” sports car in the garage that is only driven on the weekends. Hybrids use and take advantage of advance technology to only consume a small percentage of gasoline when compared to any normal fuel burning vehicle currently on the road.

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Tips to improve your gas mileage – Save Money On Gas

Tips to improve your gas mileage

  

  

Drive Sensibly

Aggressive driving (speeding, rapid acceleration and braking) wastes gas. It can lower your gas mileage by 33 percent at highway speeds and by 5 percent around town. Sensible driving is also safer for you and others, so you may save more than gas money.

	Fuel Economy Benefit:	5-33%
	Equivalent Gasoline Savings:	$0.11-$0.73/gallon

Observe the Speed Limit Gas mileage decreases rapidly at speeds above 60 mph. Each 5 mph you drive over 60 mph is like paying an additional $0.15 per gallon for gas. Observing the speed limit is also safer.

	Fuel Economy Benefit:	7-23%
	Equivalent Gasoline Savings:	$0.15-$0.51/gallon

  

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Gas Prices: How high is the “Breaking Point”?

So how high will gas prices have to go before it is a breaking point for Americans in the USA? Many have already found a breaking point and have to resort to a different lifestyle. Many Americans are really worried and concerned about the steadily rising gas prices in the way that they are starting stay at home and not drive as much.

As our economy slows and the near future outlooks looks grim we all have been affected in some way with the record high gas prices. It is starting to trickle down to other items such as in the local grocery store. Stores are forced to raise prices due to the higher priced fuel for the trucks that transport the store items. Then you have other items for retail stores where the items are trucked over the US interstates and highways where the gas is at a national average of $3.50 a gallon. We are pretty sure that we will see $4.00 sometime this early summer… it is only inevitable with the track that we are on.

So what is your breaking point? Has it already occurred? I know one of the staff members at Automotive Addicts sold his SUV for a Toyota Camry Hybrid last week. Many people are making moves to change up their lifestyle and staring to think “green”. When some people think of “green” it does not necessarily mean hybrids or hydrogen powered cars, it means the new lack of money in their pockets due to the high gas prices.

How will you afford to get to work? How will you afford to take your family on the summer vacation this year? How will you afford to make a trip to see your sick family member in the neighboring city or town? Unfortunately we do not have an answer for you. Hopefully the stimulus package check will help out some middle-class Americans where they can maybe purchase a few tanks of gas. Otherwise, we will have to take out a loan in order to “fill up”.

Let us hear from you… Post your comments now and we will respond!

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