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25 of 204 · 2025–2027 model years · EPA data

Fuel is the running cost you pay every week, and it is the one that separates two cars wearing the same badge by four figures a year. This ranks gas cars on what the EPA says a year of driving costs — gasoline, electricity or both — the only figure that lets a gas car, a hybrid, a plug-in and an EV stand in the same table.

#CarTypeEfficiencyEPA annual fuel
1 Nissan Versa Gasoline 35 mpg $1,800
2 Toyota Corolla Gasoline 35 mpg $1,800
3 Hyundai Elantra Gasoline 34 mpg $1,850
4 Volkswagen Jetta Gasoline 34 mpg $1,850
5 Kia K4 Gasoline 33 mpg $1,900
6 Nissan Sentra Gasoline 33 mpg $1,900
7 Nissan Rogue Gasoline 32 mpg $1,950
8 Toyota Corolla Cross Gasoline 32 mpg $1,950
9 Chevrolet Malibu Gasoline 31 mpg $2,000
10 Honda Accord Gasoline 31 mpg $2,000
11 Hyundai Venue Gasoline 31 mpg $2,000
12 Nissan Kicks Gasoline 31 mpg $2,000
13 Volkswagen Taos Gasoline 31 mpg $2,000
14 Buick Encore Gasoline 30 mpg $2,100
15 Buick Envista Gasoline 30 mpg $2,100
16 Chevrolet Trailblazer Gasoline 30 mpg $2,100
17 Chevrolet Trax Gasoline 30 mpg $2,100
18 Ford Escape Gasoline 30 mpg $2,100
19 Honda CR-V Gasoline 30 mpg $2,100
20 Kia Seltos Gasoline 30 mpg $2,100
21 Kia Soul Gasoline 30 mpg $2,100
22 Mazda 3 Gasoline 30 mpg $2,100
23 Nissan Altima Gasoline 30 mpg $2,100
24 Subaru Legacy Gasoline 30 mpg $2,100
25 Toyota RAV4 Gasoline 30 mpg $2,100

One row per nameplate, showing its best-rated version — a nameplate sold in six configurations would otherwise take six rows and push everything else off the page. Annual fuel is the EPA's own figure at 15,000 miles and its reference fuel prices; every model page recalculates it from your mileage and your prices. Where these come from.

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