When you are looking for a car, you want to determine whether the vehicle’s fuel economy is as it should be, whether it is new or used. So where do you start?
Since the US government requires every vehicle to have information about its fuel economy, finding it in a variety of ways isn’t difficult. Here are some quick and easy ways to find out your car’s fuel economy, calculate it yourself and improve it.
Monroney sticker
Monroney Sticker | Getty Images
When browsing a dealership for a new or used car, one of the details you notice when you study the Monroney sticker is that it lists the vehicle’s fuel economy in the EPA section. The label includes three fuel economy numbers, highway, city, and combined miles per gallon.
Edmund’s car reviews
From Edmunds car reviews, select a vehicle and go to the features page for that car. There you can see statistics such as transmission, drive type, seating capacity, engine specifications and fuel consumption. It lists fuel type for vehicle requirements, EPA city, highway, and combined miles per gallon, range in miles for city and highway, and fuel tank capacity.
Government fuel economy website
The government’s fuel economy website has everything you could ever want to know about the fuel economy of a wide variety of vehicles. You can also search for specific vehicles. It has a trip calculator, tips to drive more efficiently and more.
It is important to remember that the figures provided by the government on fuel economy are not always accurate, but are best-case scenario figures as the tests are conducted in labs rather than real-world conditions.
How to calculate your fuel consumption
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