Most fuel-efficient cars for 2006
Hybrids and diesels tops in EPA's new Fuel Economy Guide. The Honda Insight, a gas-electric hybrid car, edged out the Toyota Prius as the most fuel-efficient vehicle in the U.S., according to new mileage ratings from the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy. Mileage estimates for the redesigned 2006 Honda Civic hybrid are not yet available. The 2005 version ranked fourth overall last year, behind two versions of the Insight and the Prius. Among SUVs, the Ford Escape hybrid is the most efficient. The Mercury Mariner hybrid and Mazda Tribute hybrid are very similar and get the same mileage. All tied for eighth in overall mileage rankings. |
Something Changed
The Honda Insight had been quoted as getting 61/68mpg - now it's 60/66mpg. The Insight has not changed in a meaningful way so I'd suspect the EPA is changing it's testing.
If Honda wanted to put the money in it, The Insight could very easily get 10mpg better with an engine sized for it like the Accord or 2006 Civic. |
Re: Interesting-in real life-Accord beats HH and RX400-
Interesting stuff.Of course in real life the 4cyl Accord will "beat" the HH and RX400 .The Civic auto will "beat" them much worse,and it would also"beat" the Escape.Those Diesels-Volks-do"beat' the Accord-Civic in true hy driving-by a little-but not much-city mpg is even closer.
Hard to beat an Accord 4 cyl auto for all around"goodness"-safe-fun,mpg,comfort,price,resale etc.(Camry is close).The Civic-more of the same-just smaller. Honda will "have" to make a 4 cyl Accord Hybrid-just to match the Camry.Charlie |
Honda Wins the Sipper Award -Honda's Insight takes the top prize from the EPA.
Just saw this on MSNBC Website at the following link
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9696875/ The results are in. Yesterday, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its 2006 fuel economy guide. And guess what? For once, the Prius didn't win. With all of the press that Toyota's (NYSE: TM) little gas sipper has been getting over the past year, you may find it surprising that the car isn't actually the most fuel-efficient on the market. That honor actually goes to Honda(NYSE: HMC) and its still-too-spaceship-looking-to-ever-be-popular Insight. Appearances aside, on paper at least, Honda's Insight became the clear winner, scoring the same remarkable 60 miles per gallon in city driving as the Prius achieved, but edging out the Prius in highway mileage by a 20%, as the EPA calculates such things. Other interesting factoids that I've gleaned from the dozen pages of the EPA report (link opens a PDF file) and its attached press release include these tidbits:
In an era of $3-per-gallon gasoline, that doesn't bode well for the chances that Daimler's stock will continue outperforming the indices, as it has over the past year. |
Re: Most fuel-efficient cars for 2006
A hybrid that only seats 2 people should beat a hybrid that seats 5, especially considering how light it is, but I think that's also the main reason there have been so few Insight sales over the years, most folks want a car that can handle more than 2 people, so I'm not all that surprised that Toyota hasn't come out with a competitor to the Insight.
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