What is considered to be good gas mileage?

Question

How many gallons per mile is a car suppose to take to be considered good?

Answer 1

Depends on your engine size. Nowadays you are looking at 28-35 mpg's as 'good' gas milage for a V-6 or an I-6. For 4 cylinder engines you are looking at 33-40 mpgs. And for v-8's (By the way, v-8's are the dumbest thing to go with nowadays) you are looking at 20-26 as 'good'. but you are probably gonna get around 15-17mpgs with an old v-8 and around 20-23 mpgs with new v8's. But for a general answer, (I am a car mechanic by the way) good milage would be around 28 mpgs to around 37 mpgs. if ur lookin to buy a new car, go for a 4 cylinder car like a corolla, accord, camry, or civic. never ever buy an american small car. if u are looking for a luxury car go for a 2000-2005 bmw 325i or 330i or xi. you can find them cheap on Yahoo.com/autos and they get about 28 mpgs CITY and around 33 highway and they are 6 cylinder cars.

Answer 2

about 40. our car goes abot 20. bad

Answer 3

Smaller cars are expected to get more, so you'd draw the "good" line for compacts like the Honda Fit around 35mpg.

Midsize cars have more weight to drag around, but even so some of them do pretty well.  The Chevy Malibu and Toyota Camry both can whistle up 31 on the highway.  I think the Accord can do even better if you equip it right.

Big cars, more engine, more weight, less mileage.  The Chevy Impala can deliver 28mpg at a steady 75mph - I know this from experience.  At slower speeds it would probably do much better.

In 1986 you could get a Civic that would do an honest 40mpg.  That's not the EPA rating, that's real-world.  And now?  40mpg.

Shop around.  And once you've made your choice, check out the suggestions at CleanMPG.com and ecomodder.com for hypermiling tips and vehicle mods to improve your mileage.  It's easy.  I drive a truck that gets 39mpg.  It isn't supposed to, but it does.

Answer 4

the ideal would be about 45-50 cause thats what I get on my motorcycle.