What is the newest, most economical vehicle, with good gas mileage on the market right now?

Answer 1

Electric scooter?

Answer 2

Assuming you're American --

The most economical vehicle is a big ol Crown Vic, bought out of the estate of a deceased old person. Actually, any RWD, V-8 engined Ford or GM car will work just fine. I've also had good luck with early 90's full-sized GM FWD cars with the 3800 motors in them.

Why do I say this?

Well, look at taxi cabs -- what cars do they use? That's right, the ones that run forever with minimal repairs, the ones that are cheap to repair if they break down, the ones that will run for over 250,000 miles with no problems.

While fuel costs are a consideration, the real expenses are in repairs, depreciation, and insurance. If you buy a Crown Vic, etc you'll get a car that isn't very expensive to buy (no depreciation), can be repaired by any mechanic who will have tons of cheap parts to chose from, and are (comparatively speaking) cheap to insure.

And, you'll find out that such a vehicle will run for as long as you want them to run.

Do the math -

If you get a 50 mpg car, and drive 12,000, you'll burn 400 fewer gallons of gas than the big land cruiser, or around $1000. However, if you throw in interest, depreciation, insurance, etc then you'll spend a lot more than $1000. And, if the new 50 mpg car needs repair... let's just say you will buy a new one.

Answer 3

What is the use of the car? Obviously a tiny 2 door wouldn't be the smart choice if you need to cart around 5 people or large dogs, or need cargo room for any reason. I'm guessing you mean economical for purchase price. If you look at a Hybrid version of a car, typically they are more expensive than their traditional combustion engine counterpart. Weigh the difference in fuel economy of the gas engine versus the economy of the hybrid , the purchase price of both, and where the break even point is. For example, 2007 Civic DX Base versus 07 Civic Hybrid. Civic DX base price $15,500 avg city highway fuel econ 34mpg. Civic Hybrid base price $22,600 avg city highway 50 mpg. Lets say each car is driving 15,000 miles per year and the cast for fuel is $2.50 for regular. Civic DX 15,000/34 = approx 441 gallons. 441 x $2.50 = $1102.50 for fuel per year. Civic Hybrid 15,000/50 = 300 gallons. 300 x $2.50 = $750. The fuel difference per year being $352.50. The initial difference in purchase price is $7,100. Take $7,100/$352.50 = 20.14 What this shows me is that to recoup the additional money I paid for the "more fuel efficient" Hybrid would take me 20 years. Just one way to look at it, sorry I'm so long winded.

Answer 4

In the US, it's the Honda Insight @ 51 MPG

For geek49203: Interesting point!

Answer 5

if your prefering a car - ford fiesta
rate is high but mileage about 33km/ltr.
economical- it is maruti 800 22km/ltr

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