Car/Vehicle Fuel Efficiency Rating in Kilometers per Liter
According to the Department of Energy’ s (DOE) 2006 fuel economy run results for passenger and light duty vehicle, also shown below, Toyota Vios 1.3L has the highest Fuel efficiency rating among passenger cars and among others, with a mileage of 22.16 Km/Liter of gasoline, followed by BMW 520d Stepronic 199cc with a mileage of 21.07 Km/liter of diesel.
See the complete results below;
| Unit/Model Fuel Transmission | Fuel | Transmission | Efficiency Rating (Km/L) |
| Passenger Car | |||
| MITSUBISHI Galant 2.4 L | Gasoline | Automatic | 12.76 |
| TOYOTA Vios 1.3L | Gasoline | Manual | 22.16 |
| TOYOTA Altis 1.6 L | Gasoline | Manual | 16.66 |
| VOLVO All New S40 2.4 L | Gasoline | Automatic/Manual | 11.45 |
| HONDA City 1.5 L | Gasoline | Automatic | 18.21 |
| HONDA City 1.3 L | Gasoline | Automatic | 17.5 |
| HONDA Civic 1.8 L | Gasoline | Automatic | 11.39 |
| KIA Rio 1.4 L | Gasoline | Manual | 15.66 |
| KIA Picanto 1.1 L | Gasoline | Manual | 20.8 |
| HYUNDAI ACCENT 1.5 L | Gasoline | Manual | 19.01 |
| HYUNDAI GETZ 1.5 L | Gasoline | Manual | 19.19 |
| BMW 730Ld Steptronic 2993 cc | Gasoline | Automatic | 11.76 |
| BMW 520d Steptronic 1995cc | Gasoline | Automatic | 21.07 |
| S U V | |||
| VOLVO XC 90 2.4 L | Diesel | Automatic/ Manual |
9.65 |
| MITSUBISHI Montero 2.8 L | Diesel | Automatic | 11.23 |
| BMW X3 2.0d 1995 cc | Diesel | Manual | 14.1 |
| BMW X5 3.0d 1995 cc | Diesel | Automatic | 8.37 |
| KIA Sorento CRDi 2.5 L | Diesel | Automatic | 11.6 |
| AUV | |||
| ISUZU Crosswind 2.5 L | Diesel | manual | 16.15 |
| ISUZU Aterra 3.0 L | Diesel | Automatic | 11.86 |
| Multipurpose Vehicle | |||
| MITSUBISHI Grandis 2.4 L | Gasoline | Automatic | 12.76 |
| TOYOTA Innova 2.5 L | Gasoline | Manual | 16.55 |
| Pick-up | |||
| ISUZU D-MAX 2.0 L | Diesel | Manual | 14.24 |
A mileage of more than 20 kilometers per liter of gasoline or diesel is really a significant savings in the fuel cost. But I`m sure it has some drawback in other aspects, specially the price of the vehicle.
Maybe DOE should also show the test conditions they used to avoid exaggerations and partial and misleading information. Also, we don’t know what brand of fuel they used in the test, whether Petron, Shell, or Caltex. Or does it really matter?
Anyway, this one is a good reference if your going to buy a new car.
Filed in: Issues and Concerns, Sports and Automotive
Local date: August, 2008
