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Most expensive minicompact cars to run

14 of 14 · 2025–2027 model years · EPA data

The same EPA figure read from the other end. What is worth noticing is not that a supercar drinks — it is how many ordinary minicompact cars sit within a few hundred dollars a year of one, and how far apart two versions of the same nameplate can land.

#CarTypeEfficiencyEPA annual fuel
1 Aston Martin Vanquish Gasoline 16 mpg $4,800
2 Mercedes-Benz SL-Class Gasoline 16 mpg $4,800
3 Aston Martin DB12 S Gasoline 17 mpg $4,550
4 Aston Martin DB12 V8 Gasoline 17 mpg $4,550
5 Lexus LC Gasoline 18 mpg $4,300
6 Mercedes-Benz SL-Class Plug-in hybrid Plug-in hybrid 18 mpg on gas $4,300
7 Ferrari Roma Gasoline 19 mpg $4,050
8 Porsche 911 Gasoline 21 mpg $3,650
9 Mercedes-Benz SL-Class Hybrid Hybrid 22 mpg $3,500
10 Subaru BRZ Gasoline 22 mpg $3,500
11 Toyota GR 86 Gasoline 22 mpg $3,500
12 MINI Cooper Gasoline 30 mpg $2,550
13 MINI John Cooper Works Gasoline 30 mpg $2,550
14 Fiat 500e Electric 3.4 mi/kWh $650

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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