Here's another useful resource related to this topic (fuel economy). I'm reposting this from the
hybrid ford escape forums I originally posted it on:
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I finally took some time to more thoroughly explore the U.S. Dept. of Energy/U.S. EPA's website dedicated to fuel economy --
www.fueleconomy.gov
-- and I must say it's one of the best U.S. government websites I've used.
Within 10 minutes of poking around, I had a page of data comparing our 2001 Ford F-150 4x4 pickup, our 2006 Ford Escape Hybrid (Front-Wheel Drive) and our 1992 Toyota Corolla, across various categories, including: miles per gallon (MPG), safety, cost to drive 25 miles, fuel required to drive 25 miles (1.67 gal in the F-150 to the Escape Hybrid's .76 gal; the F-150 was no surprise, but the Corolla is illustrative of advances in technology in that it's the lightest vehicle in the comparison, by far, yet uses .86 gal to go the same distance -- more than the Escape, even though the Corolla's gasoline engine is actually smaller than the Ford Escape Hybrid's gas engine.)
I wish the website would let you directly link to a side-by-side comparison once you've created it, but you can print it out.
Check it out -- http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/sbs.htm
(for compare side-by-side) or wander the other options to lookup the best and worst MPG vehicles and get other data.
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Using the aforementioned website,
you can compare any vehicle, old or new, from 2006 back to 1985!