EPA city/highway mileage: 30/38 (manual), 30/40 (automatic), 49/51 (hybrid)
When it comes to squeezing every last inch of motion out of a drop of gasoline, no one does it like Honda. A 40 MPG highway figure makes the Civic the most thrifty automatic-transmission-equipped non-hyrbid car on this list. It's an amazing feat considering the Civic's acres of interior room and full complement of safety features. And if that isn't enough, Honda does, indeed, offer a hybrid version of the Civic.
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