FUEL ECONOMY IN CAR AND DRIVER JULY 2009

Fuel prices are creeping upwards again. Although it appears very unlikely that gasoline will reach last summer's heights, nobody wants to use more than they have to. Car & Driver's testers this month were, for the most part, on the.... uh, high-end, shall we say? Throw in a couple of the least expensive and newest hybrids for good measure, and you've got yourself a lot of samples for real-world fuel economy. The numbers you'll read below aren't the EPA numbers - this is real driving on real roads by real people. For 0-60mph info on the same cars, check this link.

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'98 Chevrolet Metro: 42 miles per gallon

Toyota Prius: 42 miles per gallon

Honda Insight EX: 38 miles per gallon

Chevrolet Camaro SS: 14 miles per gallon

Ford Mustang GT: 17 miles per gallon

Dodge Challenger R/T: 15 miles per gallon

Audi Q5 3.2 Quattro: 21 miles per gallon

BMW X3 xDrive30i: 22 miles per gallon

Lexus RX350: 21 miles per gallon

Mercedes GLK350 4Matic: 20 miles per gallon

Volvo XC60 T6 AWD: 19 miles per gallon

Audi TTS: 16 miles per gallon

BMW Z4 sDrive35i: 17 miles per gallon

Chevrolet Corvette: 15 miles per gallon

Porsche Boxster S: 17 miles per gallon

Infiniti G37 Cnvrtbl: 19 miles per gallon

Volkswagen Routan SE: 14 miles per gallon

Mazda 6 s GT: 18 miles per gallon