Saturday, February 12. 2005Japanese cars top government's list of most fuel efficientapanese vehicles dominate the government's annual list of vehicles with the best fuel economy, but Ford Motor Co. can claim the most fuel efficient pickup and sport utility vehicle.
The manual version of the hybrid Honda Insight tops the list of 2005 vehicles with 61 miles per gallon in the city and 66 mpg on the highway, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy said Thursday. Eight of the top 10 cars are made by Honda and Toyota; the other two are Volkswagens. The Big Three U.S. makers fared well in some individual categories. The new Ford Escape hybrid is the most fuel efficient SUV, with 31 mpg on the highway, and the Ford Ranger is the most fuel efficient pickup with 29 mpg on the highway. Chevrolet makes the most fuel-efficient large sedan, the Malibu Maxx, as well as the most fuel efficient cargo and passenger vans. The automatic version of the Dodge Ram pickup, which gets 12 mpg on the highway, was least fuel efficient vehicle in this year's survey. Luxury cars, including models from Lamborghini, Ferrari and Bentley, rounded out the list of the 10 least fuel-efficient vehicles Trackbacks
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