Randomly poking around the fueleconomy.gov website, I came across these eye-popping numbers for a 2000 Nissan Altra station wagon:
| MPG (city) | 117 |
|---|---|
| MPG (highway) | 130 |
| MPG (combined) | 123 |
Unfortunately It's not so easy to search the site for best MPG of past vehicles, so I'm not sure what the best-ever MPG was (I can't find any entry for the GM EV1, for instance, which probably would have gotten much better numbers due to its streamlined shape and small size). The forthcoming Tesla Roadster doesn't have numbers there yet, but they're estimating a value of 135 mpg in preliminary testing.
Posted by mike at May 4, 2007 02:38 PM | Car