Big List of Fuel Economy: July 2011

It is truly impressive how well the BMW does on fuel. Another win for the 5 Series. Just wait for the new turbocharged four cyclinder with better performance and better fuel economy.

let's hope the BMW comes with a better fuel pump too. ZING!

I thought I remembered the Buick doing a fair bit better than the 24.8 mpg "Best" listed above -
http://blogs.insideline.com/roadtests/2011/06/2011-buick-regal-cxl-turbo-road-trip-fuel-economy.html

Wow the Kia turbo is pretty far off

Interesting comparing the TDI vs the Fusion.

The best choice, of course will come down to driving conditons and driving style, and preference.

From an environmental perspective it seems to be a draw.

I've read that deisels put out 13% more particulates and take 13% more crude oil to produce each gallon.

The TDI managed to get just 10% better mileage on average than the Fusion. Of course, the TDI requires fewer rare earth metals since it doesn't have the hybrid battery, so potentially less environmental impact when built.

"might as well keep my 07 350Z which gets the exact same mileage with double the horsepower..."

Ditto for my MS3, which currently makes 287 bhp with a MSCAI. In July it averaged 26.8 mpg; the worst tank was 23.3 mpg and the best was 29.2 mpg.

@bodyshop, The Jetta is also lighter and probably more fun to drive than the heavier Ford. Additionally, the Jetta is cheaper than the Ford Fusion Hybrid. Given the choice, the Jetta would be my option over the Ford. If the Ford Fusion with ecoboost was available...yeah, easy win for the Ford.

Looks like you have a lot more rows to update than just the ones with an asterisk - looks like many have the same #'s between the 2 months. By the way, you must be seriously lead-footing that S60 T5 - I'm getting 24+ MPG's around town (very little highway) with mine without trying real hard.

I am surprised by the fairly low numbers of the Volvo S6 T5.

"Wow the Kia turbo is pretty far off."

RR811, what were you expecting? Given this level of power it has about the same average as its V6 competition. For future reference dont put all your faith in numbers on paper (EPA estimates).

Is the Fusion still in the fleet? The MPG hasn't changed since December and hasn't had post in 2 months. I find this steady and low average MPG hard to believe.

Wow the Kia turbo is pretty far off."

RR811, what were you expecting? Given this level of power it has about the same average as its V6
competition. For future reference dont put all your faith in numbers on paper (EPA estimates).

My wife's 2008 Saturn Aura XR with the 3.6 V-6 gets about the same mileage, and over 30mpg
on the highway and would toast the Optima turbo in a sprint.

Volvo needs to scrap that t5 engine or get a new transmission or something that is embarrassing to be so outdone by the much bigger cars like the infinity m and the BMW 5 both have 1 or 3 more cylinders (the MINIvans did better ffs)

Also the juke is a huge dealbreaker with its gas mileage and thirst for premium fuel. I find it real hard to believe the Buick is getting better not then the cruze.

@greg128,

Please do not compare a Saturn Aura to a Kia Optima. The Saturn is not even made anymore.

Good thing Volvo decided to drop the spare tire "option" to improve fuel economy.

They most impressive engine by far on this list is the Coyote 5.0. It produces almost twice the HP and torque than the majority of these cars. Freakin amazing engine....it's the benchmark performance engine in IMO.

Also that Jetta is no slouch either. Very impressive

I have a 2011 Optima SX and I agree that IL's numbers for the Optima are discouraging, but then I see the worst tank of 12.6mpg and realize that when they first got the car, they hot-rodded it through their tests (not a bad thing). I just wonder how much that average would go up if they dropped that low outlier... Just to make it fair, they can do the same for all the cars to get a legitimate comparison. Also, the "best" tank of 28.5 is dissapointing to, maybe a road trip (primarily highway) is in order to see how high it can go (I've gotten over 33mpg by my own calculations)

The Mustang is averaging what the Camaro SS averaged. And the Z06 was 1 mpg better than both of them, probably due to the weight advantage.

"** Raptor EPA combined: not specified (exempt for EPA testing and labeling)"

I know your Raptor is a 2010, but the EPA has estimates for the 2011 Raptor with the 6.2L.

11/14 (12 combined)

As well as for the regular F-150 4x4 with the 6.2L.

12/16 (13 combined)

Thirsty.