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19 of 19 · 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 subcompact 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 Bentley Continental Plug-in hybrid Plug-in hybrid 19 mpg on gas $4,050
2 BMW M Gasoline 19 mpg $4,050
3 Maserati Grancabrio Gasoline 20 mpg $3,850
4 Mercedes-Benz C-Class Plug-in hybrid Plug-in hybrid 20 mpg on gas $3,850
5 Maserati Granturismo Gasoline 21 mpg $3,650
6 Lexus RC Gasoline 22 mpg $3,500
7 Mercedes-Benz AMG GT Hybrid Hybrid 22 mpg $3,500
8 Audi RS Gasoline 23 mpg $3,350
9 Ford Mustang Gasoline 19 mpg $3,300
10 BMW 8 Series Gasoline 24 mpg $3,200
11 Audi S3 Gasoline 26 mpg $2,950
12 Mercedes-Benz CLE-Class Hybrid 26 mpg $2,950
13 Audi A3 Gasoline 28 mpg $2,750
14 Lexus LC Hybrid Hybrid 29 mpg $2,650
15 BMW 2 Series Gasoline 30 mpg $2,550
16 BMW 4 Series Hybrid Hybrid 31 mpg $2,500
17 Honda Prelude Hybrid Hybrid 44 mpg $1,400
18 Maserati Grancabrio Electric Electric 2.5 mi/kWh $900
19 Maserati Granturismo Electric Electric 2.5 mi/kWh $900

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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