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Best Gas Mileage by Vehicle Class

Each year, the Environmental Protection Agency compiles its Fuel Economy Guide to educate car buyers on fuel-efficient vehicles. Compare estimates for all vehicles at fueleconomy.gov. The following gas-powered, automatic cars, trucks and SUVs have the best fuel economy within the listed vehicle classes.

Best Gas Mileage for Cars, Trucks and SUVs
Each class includes the 2009 automatic-transmission vehicles with the best gas mileage estimates in that category.
Class LeadersCity MPGHighway MPG
Compact Cars (Range*: 11-41; Avg.: 21/28)
Smart ForTwo**3341
Toyota Yaris2935
Midsize Cars (Range*: 9-33; Avg.: 18/26)
Hyundai Elantra2533
Nissan Altima2331
Full-Size Cars (Range*: 10-32; Avg.: 15/23)
Hyundai Sonata2232
Chevrolet Impala1929
Luxury Cars (Range*: 9-31; Avg.: 15/23)
Audi A42330
Acura TSX2130
Sports Cars (Range*: 9-37; Avg.: 16/23)
Mini Cooper2534
Audi TT2331
Compact SUVs (Range*: 15-28; Avg.: 18/24)
Toyota RAV4 (2WD)2228
Jeep Compass (2WD)2327
Jeep Patriot (2WD)2327
Midsize SUVs (Range*: 11-26; Avg.: 15/21)
Toyota Venza (2WD)1926
Dodge Journey (2WD)1925
Full-Size SUVs (Range*: 12-24; Avg.: 14/20)
Buick Enclave (2WD)1724
Chevrolet Traverse (2WD)1724
Ford Flex (2WD)1724
Ford Taurus X (2WD)1724
GMC Acadia (2WD)1724
Saturn Outlook (2WD)1724
Pickup Trucks (Range*: 12-26; Avg.: 15/20)
Toyota Tacoma (2WD)1925
Ford Ranger (2WD)1924
Mazda B2300 (2WD)1924
Minivans (Range*: 16-28; Avg.: 17/24)
Mazda52127
Kia Rondo2027

* The lowest and highest mpg estimates and average city/highway mpg is listed for each class; ranges include cars with manual and automatic transmissions. Ranges exclude hybrids, as well as cars that run on diesel fuel. The average and range only include estimates for models that were available at the time of publication.

** The Smart ForTwo has an automatic-manual transmission and requires premium gas.

† Requires premium gas.

2WD = two-wheel drive

Source: EPA's 2009 Fuel Economy Guide

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