FUEL ECONOMY IN CAR AND DRIVER FEBRUARY 2010

You know how fast they are, now find out how economical Car & Driver's February test vehicles are. Although fuel efficiency information regarding C/D's Lightning Lap participants has been rendered unavailable, one would understand the nature of a vehicle's fuel economy readings when under such duress wouldn't connect with the real world. Still, those Numbers would have been interesting.

Unsurprisingly, the most fuel efficient car in C/D's February lineup uses a diesel engine. The new TDI version of the sixth-generation Volkswagen Golf is rated as a 30/42mpg car by the EPA. C/D's hard-driving ways, and the result you'll see below, are rather impressive on VW's count.

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Volkswagen Golf TDI: 34 miles per gallon

Honda CR-V EX-L *: 24 miles per gallon

Toyota RAV4 Limited *: 24 miles per gallon

Volkswagen Tiguan SE: 24 miles per gallon

Kia Forte Koup SX: 22 miles per gallon

Mercury Mariner V6*: 22 miles per gallon

Mitsubishi Outlander GT S-AWC*: 22 miles per gallon

GMC Terrain SLE: 21 miles per gallon

Subaru Forester 2.5XT Limited*: 21 miles per gallon

Suzuki Grand Vitara V6 Limited*: 20 miles per gallon

BMW M3: 17 miles per gallon (over 40K miles)

* denotes all-wheel drive