The Most Fuel Efficient Cars

I'm not impresed by any of these really. I have an '04 Saturn Ion that gets 30 mpg on the street and 35 highway. So I agree GM has been making gas efficient cars, AND if you're trying to save money buy it used!

Gee I wonder who wrote this artice all cars are imports.... What about GM anf Ford, GM has been making small compact, fuel efficient cars for years for oversees but no mention to the big three.

You wonder who wrote this, every car is an import????? Why not mention what GM is bringing to the states they have been making small cars for oversees for years, or how about Saturn and Ford...

Dumb list. The Miata? Seriously? What happened to Avea, Accent, Cobalt, Camry 4-cylinder or the king of them all: VW Jetta Diesel?

/What happened to all the Hyundai models,Accent 27/32. Sonata 25/33

I believe Newsweek missed the mark with this list. I just drove a Pontiac CROSSOVER this weekend that gets better milage than some of these. This list should have been called "SOME of America's most fuel efficient cars"...

42MPG on the highway and 31 in the city with me automatic 2006 VW Jetta diesel.

The best mileage lists need to include VW's line-up of diesel cars. Last summer I drove 625 miles in my automatic 2006, VW Jetta TDI on one 14.5 gallon tank of diesel. There were four large adults in the car plus a trunk packed full of heavy suitcases. The trip was from Banff Alberta to Vancouver, BC, through some very steep and windy terrain. We drove the posted limit, or faster and I was still able to get over 42 MPG. In the city I average over 30 MPG.

What about Toyota's Camry Hybrid? Their website says it is rated 33 mpg city/34 hwy with 187 total HP

The true "Smart"car is the 2009 VW Jetta TDI and it is rated to get almost equal mpg as the micro car and seats four or five people.Also put four adults and luggage in a Prius and a Jetta TDI and drive cross country and see who uses more fuel.It wouldn't even be close,the Prius will use more fuel and dog it's way up hills.
I hope you update this this article.

Excuse me! Screw the bull about good milage cars. Who can afford any new car with all the good paying jobs being out soursed! I used to earn $30.00 an hour and now the downsizing is paying me $10.25 per hour. I'm driving a old car which belches smoke, has no muffler and I have to drag my foot to stop. Insurance? Licensed? I change plates each week so don't park near me.

I'm surprised to see that VW TDI models are rarely included in the list of fuel efficient vehicles in America. I regularly get 48-50 mpg with my VW Jetta, and it has a powerful turbo engine. With cleaner-burning diesel technology, these could command a large portion of the gas-sipping autmobile market, as they already have in Europe (50% of cars there use diesel). Furthermore, they could be used in SUVs to give them better mileage and power at the same time.

I'm interested to see that the VW TDI models are rarely listed in the most fuel efficient category. I regularly achieve 48-50 mpg with a powerful diesel engine. With cleaner-burning diesel technology, these could become a large sector of the money-saving automobile sector, as they already have in Europe.

VW Mike is spot on. I have a 2001 VW Passat VR6 five speed std with 125,000 miles that gets comparable mileage to the bottom half of your list with far greater comfort. It's disgraceful that since 2001 cars have not gotten more efficient. Auto makers are right where they deserve to be with their disasterous business outlook. Imagine the market position for an auto manufacturer that had developed a truly efficient and effective vehicle.

VW Mike is right on target. My 2001 VW Passat VR6 5 speed with 125,000 miles, gets comparable mileage to the bottom half of your list with far greater comfort and room. The progress if efficiency since 2001 is disgraceful. Auto manufacturers seem to be engineering inefficiency.

NOTHING under 40mpg is worth the effort. European counterparts make waaaay more per gallon than the same cars made for the USA. If Europe can do it, the US certainly can as well. It's all a matter of demand.
DEMAND more and that's what we'll get. 27mpg is simply fooling ourselves that we're doing something when we are not. The "staying alive" clock is ticking very loudly, and NOW is the only time we have left to get this right so our kids and their kids can still have a chance to marvel at the what the world before there is no longer one to marvel at. I know......bleeding heart, hippie, etcetc. But Europe has been driving high mpg autos for decades. We really don't need Hummers folks....or anything that sucks up all the fuel and spits out all the crap. Enough already.

We rented a Yaris in Panama last month and it was so underpowered and low to the ground that we returned it for a RAV-4. I agree with last post... overseas cars get much better mileage than in the U.S.It is possible if Congress with require it. Also, U.S. manufacturers are wrong again saying that people want small (tiny) cars. What consumers want is high fuel efficiency. For myself, I cannot fit into those tiny vehicles but I want, expect, demand mileage at least 35 MPG. It can be done and not just in tiny, little autos.

This list is a complete joke. No one with any common sense thinks 30mpg is good anymore, and yet Newsweek is marketing these cars because they are being paid by auto companies no doubt. The Yaris gets 66mpg in England, and less than half that in the USA. And I'm talking about unleaded, not diesel. Sure they have higher octane fuel there, but not enough to warrant a 30mpg increase. American policy has allowed us to complacently drive at cheap oil prices, with horrible mileage as a trade off. Now that prices have risen so dramatically we are feeling the huge bite in our asses.