Listen, let’s be honest; the best way to save gas money is to not drive your car. As silly as this may sound there are many people that make 2, 5 and even 10 small trips a day around their town that just aren’t necessary and waste a lot of gas. You use much more gas driving around town, stopping and starting the entire time, than you do on the highway at a constant speed. So the 1st thing you can do if you want to save gas is use a bike, walk or plan your small trips and make one big trip to the grocery, school, hair salon, post office, doctors office or wherever.
Of course if you live in or close to a major city you can use public transportation, but if there’s no way to get around using a car then you’ll want to purchase one that gets the best mileage. Below is a list of the Top 5 in that category with the only caveat that these comparisons are based on using gasoline 100% of the time.
The Toyota Prius is the #1 car on the road today for great gas mileage and delivers an average of 50 mils to the gallon. That’s really good, no doubt, and you can get a late model Prius starting for under $27,000.00 also which makes it a great deal.
The #2 is a perennial favorite, the Honda Civic Hybrid, with an average 44 mpg. This well-built and easy to maintain sport sedan is worth every penny of its relatively low price of under $25,000.00. The lower price really makes it almost equal to the Prius.
Honda makes the list again with the Insight with 42 mpg and that storied Honda value and reliability. It happens to tie with the Lexus CT 200h but, since the price is about $10,000.00 cheaper, we have to go with the Insight hands down. Of course the Lexus is a bit more luxurious so you’ll have to make up your mind if you want great gas mileage and are willing to pay a 10 grand more for cushy seats.
Toyota makes the list again with their Camry Hybrid and its 41 mpg average. In our opinion it’s even better than the original Camry and, since it gets about 25% better mileage, it’s worth the price at just under $30,000.00
And there you have the Top 5 cars on the road today as far as gas mileage is concerned. A great bunch of cars all they will save you many dollars at the pump during their life.
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