Monday, January 12, 2009

Is your car a gas guzzler?

In todays current climate we all have to consider cutting down on luxuries etc, one fairly large part of our monthly budgets goes towards the cost of fuel we put in our cars.This makes it so important to have a car that gets you the best mileage for your money.With fuel efficient motor cars being the future of tomorrow we have many more options than we did even five years ago.  There are several types of fuel efficient cars you might want to consider two in particular are the Citroen and Peugeot.Both these vehicles are available in the UK with several good deals. 

A lot of fuel efficient cars are run on diesel.A diesel tends to be more economical on fuel consumption per mile.Many diesel engines can give an average of 30 miles or more to the gallon.That is major especially if you have a 13 gallon tank.It is possible to achieve 400 miles from one tank of fuel.

A Volkswagen beetle or the Jetta are highly fuel efficient cars.A VW beetle can achieve averages about 27 miles per gallon.That is quite a bit when you consider trucks and other cars weigh in at 20 to 25 miles per gallon.

However the most fuel efficient car must be the hybrid.A hybrid uses solar power to propel the vehicle.The engine will use the solar power and keeps recycling the power for as long as the sun is appearing.Fuel in these cars is for powering the engines solar power system as well as for driving when the solar power has finished.Electric motor cars are the same.You have fuel in case you run out of electricity to convert to power.In some of these vehicles you can go more than 30 miles, even over 100 miles sometimes without using more than a couple of gallons of petrol.This equates to hours of driving without the need to top up with fuel.

The prices of the fuel efficient vehicles are coming down.They are definately becoming more within our range financially.The Prius is one of the most sought after hybrids.The mileage plus comfort of this car is exceptional.When looking for a car then fuel efficiency must surely be a major consideration!