cars with 60+ miles per gallon!?

Question

cars with 60+ miles per gallon!?

Answer 1

Neither of them will get that kind of mileage in real life. They would only get that kind of milage if you didn't have to drive in traffic, without heat or AC, no wind, or go up any hills. The real number for them is closer to 30 to 40 miles per gallon. Similar to a small car.

Answer 2

In 2008, Daimler-Chrysler will introduce the SMART car to the US market. The European, Smart ForTwo model (a 2 seater) gets 60MPG with a 3 cyl. diesel engine, but the Americanized version will be slightly larger, slightly more powerful and get closer to 40MPG. Starting at around $11,000. These cars are already available in Canada. I'm not happy about dropping 20MPG, but I'm still interested in the car. My wife drives an '03 Prius which gets an yearly average of 41MPG. I keep track of every drop of gas it uses and have an extensive spreadsheet of fuel economy. In southern US, our Prius would get WAY better milage, but the cold & snow in New England drops the summer's 48-50MPG average to 41.

Answer 3

Tomorrow I will test drive a Prius that has been modified by CalCars to achieve 100 mpg in at the 2007 Austin Clean Energy Venture Summit. It's there if we want it.



http://www.calcars.org/

Answer 4

I often get 60+mpg from my prius, especially if it's warm. The toyota Aygo and some diesels get >60mpg on long runs. remember US gallons are smaller than imperial.



My other car is an electric 205 so infinite MPG; but it is a one off conversion.

other realisic electiric vehicles are the Tesla www.teslamotors.com and the Phoenix SUT www.phoenixmotors.com.



but why decent electric cars are not available to buy is a mystery. see www.whokilledtheelectriccar.com

Answer 5

Volkswagen Lupo 1.2L TDI gets 90+ MPG. But it was never imported to the US.



The MPG #'s on those cars are actually a lot less when driven like people do in 2007. By 1973 standards (No A/C, 55 mph, 0-60 in 20 seconds) they got 60 mpg.



Get an older 1990's Honda Civic CRX HF (High Fuel Economy). Really got over 50 MPG! Check out www.fueleconomy.gov



The Volkswagen Jetta gets almost 50 mpg, and you can fill it up at your local restaurant for free. You can get a used one cheap and technically get unlimited "miles per gallon" of petroleum. Just make sure it is the diesel model. Good luck!

Answer 6

I'm afraid they are the only two "common" cars that get that good of mileage.

Answer 7

There are more and more cars now getting over 60mpg. Check out the Peugeot 107 the Citroen C1 and they Toyota Aygo



They can get over 70mpg



There are some quadricycles which can get close on 100mpg. This can be done without hybrid technology so there's no reason why we shouldn't be able to drive cars which can exceed 100mpg in the future.