However if you look at longer trips, hybrids will not do as well. So the type of driving you do is become a important factor is choosing a car.

lol haha, in England we have something known as DIESEL!!! BMW 320d gets 39/57 yet does 0-60 in 7.6s, 143mph and isn't some horrible econobox

I love England

Altima's rock.

Fuel efficient doesn't mean wallet-friendly:
1) upfront cost of hybrid car
2) maintenance
3) resale value

WOW.. this author is either 1) Ignorant 2) Paid off.. or 3) both..

my 2001 Jetta TDI still pumps out 45 city/50 freeway
the latest TDI models also perform to this level after the engine break-in period.. yes.. Diesel is, in general, more economical than these "American" green machines.. but ignored because they are not "hybrid"..

i think bmw just released a car here in the US too that is diesel based. the problem with any of these cars is maintenance. Gotta get rid of them before they start effing up and the batteries start dying... so you are back to square one simply because you ha\/e to dri\/e a prius 42k miles before the "carbon debt" wears off, most people that buy them tend to get rid of them at that point or shortly after. What we really need is to quit promoting these wussy cars and show the public some performance \/ehicles that run on hydrogen, that'll get e\/eryone pumped and pushing for the switch.

my bike-cycle gets infinite miles to the gallon...

Yes but in England you have bigger gallons and a different method for computing mpg. Also the Jetta Diesel is not on this list for whatever reason, I believe it gets 30/41.

Yes, Where are the diesels?!?! I drive a 2010 Jetta TDI thats rated 41/30. That definitely puts it in the top 5. Include the TDI versions of the Golf and Audi A3 and there's three diesels sold in the US that belong on this list.

Too bad in England you are probably paying $5+ (or 3+ pounds) a gallon.

Resale value? when you drive a car for 10+ years you don't normally expect to have one of thous when all is said and done.

But it is good to see how well the home team is doing, can't wait to see the next gen Ford hybrids.

-Gabe, From the shadow of the glass palace.

Disclaimer, i live in the Detroit area, and am the son of 3 generations of autoworkers.

interesting numbers.
My old VW Deisel got 45 city, 55 highway.
And it was built in 1980.

That will probably be my next vehicle if i can find a way to buy one here in CA

The article may have looked at MPG of only gasoline-burning vehicles. That would have excuded [bio]diesel. After all, no pure electrics were there either, like Tesla.
The article wasn't wrong, just incomplete.
I'll keep my Elantra Touring. I'm getting about 28mpg and I can fit a couple of Catrikes into it.

Either this is one very strange car or the words city and highway need to be switched.

ah, crap. Forgive my moment of stupidity. They use the batteries in the city.

What about Diesel? There are probably 10 Diesel cars that outperform the Prius by a long shot. But then again we don't REALLY care about MPG we only care about "hybrids." I got a hybrid Hummer, go earth!

The Jetta isn't on there because they're ranked on City milage first. Jetta TDI pulls in about 30 City. The lowest rating on the chart is 32MPG by the Lexus. Simple maths, ppl.

My horse does 1 mile per 0 gallon. 1/0 = infinity. Beat that for fuel efficiency! But seriously, what are the sizes of the cars listed? Small cars i presume should be more fuel efficient.

Ill take a truck that hogs gas anyday so i can actually put more than a person and 1 moer object in there and so when something large hits me or i hit it, less worry about me and my passengers and more for whoever I clashed with (unless there in a truck too )

LOL a Jetta - dude give it up, it's a nasty crappy Mexican piece of s**t, and it has been since 1989! We think that being a video card company fanboy is bad, try car company fanboys, now they are truly pathetic! I test drove a 2008 Jetta when a friend wanted to get one and it was the worst experience hands down! I like Volkswagen, really, but the Jetta is junk!!!

Can we start adding up the chemical cost to the environment and $ in making and disposing of these huge Li-ion batteries?

I love diesel engine but only as diesel-electric engine (read: hybrid). Regular diesel cars as mentioned by above comments aren’t as efficient as Toyota Prius.

The 58mpg mentioned in Jetta TDI commercial is not the same as EPA rating. Jetta TDI only managed 30 city / 41 highway under EPA's testing condition. To compare Europe's laxer testing rule to the new EPA standard is just as bad.

In addition, Imperial gallon ≈ 4.5 L while US gallon ≈ 3.8 L. The 57mpg highway cited by #2 ≈ 48mpg in US. The BMW 320d’s 39/57 will likely be a low lower once tested by EPA (my guess is around Jetta TDI’s 30/41)

One thing that I think is cool is that the 2010 Chevy Equinox gets 32 mpg highway and IS NOT a hybrid. That's almost tied with the Lexus and Camry hybrids.

After years of bad gm vehicles I'm glad to see them pack with an awesome line up and putting up great gas mileage for normal (non-hybrid) vehicles.

Nope, you are wrong, because you are breathing while you ride the bicycle, use your common sense.

Human + bicycle = infinite miles to gallon = WRONG.

Title should be different!
Is there something wrong with the MPG rating?

A Toyota Yaris with it's 36/29 MPG rating is more fuel efficient than number 10 in the list!
The Toyota Prius also is rated 51/48 MPG, not 33/34!

Not true, the 'engine' propelling the bike (a human) actually consumes about a quart per mile instead of miles per gallon (depending on the temperature)!

Not according to the seriously flawed formula used by the EPA. According the the EPA formula, no liquid fuel used = infinite MPG.

Thanks, EPA, for protecting us from having meaningful energy efficiency ratings.

Toyota Yaris (hatchback) will get over 50mpg if you hypermile it and pushing 60mpg if you add a grill air block, Warm Air Intake, low rolling resistance tires filled to 50 PSI and all for much cheaper then what I call the "hybrid tax."

Take the extra cash you just saved and put it into some solar panels for your house.

(hell I paid 900 bucks for my 01 Chevy Metro which pushes 62-64ish mpg regularly)

Why are there only hybrids in this list? There are plenty of cars that can make this list that aren't hybrids.

Where is the Ford Fusion Hybrid? It is the most fuel efficient mid-size sedan, mush more than and Altima or Camry.