Monday, May 19, 2014

SAVE ON GAS! Brake-O-Rama Rates Cheapest Cars to Drive Now!

Brake-O-Rama wants customers to save money on gasoline. Our mechanics see alot of cars and they know the best cars to drive to same money on gas. Gasoline prices have gone up and are hurting the budgets of many people. It is important information Brake-O-Rama mechanics share with you on saving money on gas.
High-MPG cars are surging in sales: Small cars made up about 25% of sales in March. But it is important to know which cars are best on mileage?Car-shopping site Edmunds.comhas done the math on monthly costs at recent gas prices; it recently ranked wallet-busters and super-savers in different categories of 2011 models. The range of costs was startling: Within the same size class, the thirstiest can run up a gas bill two to three times that of the best gas sippers.
Compact Cars
This ranking shows the most intriguing range of costs. The plug-in Nissan Leaf shows monthly charging costs of just $41 a month; its competitor the Chevrolet Volt – which uses some gas for a back-up generator – takes $58 in monthly costs. (See Chevrolet Volt: What Will the Car of the Year Really Cost You?) The Honda Civic GX, fueled by natural gas, would cost $46 a month if you had a home fueling station and $87 a month if you bought from commercial stations. (See Save Money on Gas: Buy a Natural Gas Fueled Car). The monthly gas bill for a Toyota Prius hybrid (51 mpg city, 48 highway) – at  left – would be $89.
Midsize Cars
With no plug-ins in this category, the lowest mid-size fuel costs belong to the Ford Fusion Hybrid, at right. Ranked by the EPA at 41 mpg city, 36 highway, its monthly fuel bill is $108. Just behind is the Hyundai Sonata Hybrid (35 mpg city, 40 highway) at $111.
Most costly in this segment is the Volkswagen CC VR6 -another all-wheel-drive performance model with a six-cylinder engine ranked at 17 mpg in city, 15 highway. Its monthly fuel bill is $225 – just more than twice that of the hybrids
Compact SUVs
Hybrids rule here too, with the Ford Escape Hybrid (34 mpg city, 31 highway) topping this list at $132 in monthly fuel costs. That’s half as much as “worst” pick: off-roading champion Jeep Wrangler (15 mpg city, 17 highway), at $263.
As Edmunds analyst John O’Dell notes, “Unless your daily commute is across the Rubicon Trail, it might make sense to bank the $131 a month you would save with a Ford hybrid and use it to rent a Wrangler for your annual two-week trek into the wilderness.”
Midsize SUVs
The Toyota Highlander Hybrid (28 mpg city, 28 highway) tops this list at $158 monthly fuel costs but the Chevrolet Equinox, at right, with a standard gas engine ranked at 22 mpg city, 32 highway, is not far behind at $172.
The four-wheel-drive Nissan Pathfinder, with a 5.6-liter V-8 engine rated at 13 mpg city, 18 highway, is worst at $343 a month – among several Nissan, Toyota Mitsubishi and Mazda models in that part of the rankings. “You know it’s a brave new world out there when a list of the most fuel [efficient] midsize SUVs includes a domestic model – the Chevrolet Equinox – while the worst fuel economy in the segment is being racked up almost entirely by import models,” says analyst John O’Dell.
We at Brake-O-Rama hope this information is helpful to you. If you want more car information that can help you maintain your automobile, check out our other Brake-O-Rama websites!

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