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Toyota Yaris Review: Toying with 50 Miles Per Gallon view story
9 votes- Submitted by allaboutdatiki
- 11 days ago
- (http://www.mpgomatic.com/2008/08/...)
The entry-level Toyota Yaris S Sedan, just might be the best-kept secret on the lot. Is this little entry-level car really capable of 50 MPG highway?
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New Car Sales Fall Off a Cliff view story
5 votes- Submitted by allaboutdatiki
- about 1 month ago
- (http://www.mpgomatic.com/2008/08/...)
A quick look at this chart of new car registrations is all it takes. At the very time we need to be buying fuel-efficient cars, the pickings are slim. What will it take to turn things around?
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40 MPG Ford F-150 Plug-In Hybrid Conversion view story
15 votes- Submitted by allaboutdatiki
- about 1 month ago
- (http://www.mpgomatic.com/2008/07/...)
There are millions upon millions of gas guzzling Ford F-150s on the road. HEVT, a Chicago-based start-up, has a plan to retrofit the existing fleet of F-150s with a hybrid conversion kit. But it's not just a plan ... they have a working prototype ...
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Improving Gas Mileage (w/video) view story
8 votes- Submitted by allaboutdatiki
- about 1 month ago
- (http://www.mpgomatic.com/2008/07/...)
The data makes all the difference! MPGomatic demonstrates how a ScanGaugeII can be used to improve gas mileage results.
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Lotus Eco Elise: It's Mean and Green view story
6 votes- Submitted by allaboutdatiki
- about 1 month ago
- (http://www.mpgomatic.com/2008/07/...)
Is the Eco Elise the greenest Lotus ever? Although not electric-powered like the Tesla, the wicked cool Lotus Eco Elise uses cutting-edge production methods and materials to reduce environmental impact while maintaining legendary Lotus performance.
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Who Killed the 40 MPG Ford Mustang? view story
16 votes- Submitted by allaboutdatiki
- 2 months ago
- (http://www.mpgomatic.com/2008/06/...)
Twenty five years ago, you could walk into a Ford dealership and buy a Mustang rated at 40 miles per gallon (MPG) highway. What brought frowns at the stoplight brought smiles at the gas pump ...
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Saturn Astra Review: A Big Winner if GM Would Just ... view video
13 votes- Submitted by allaboutdatiki
- 3 months ago
- (http://www.mpgomatic.com/2008/06/...)
The Saturn Astra is a sweet-handling hatchback with a big shortcoming. Built in Belgium and designed in Germany, the Astra shows huge potential, if GM would get on the stick and do the right thing ...
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40 Billion Barrels of Oil In Montana ... Untapped? view story
13 votes- Submitted by allaboutdatiki
- 3 months ago
- (http://www.nypost.com/seven/05292...)
Here's some very good news about oil that the manipulators on Wall Street don't want you to know: there could be as much as 40 billion barrels of crude lying untouched in eastern Montana.
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Ford Focus Review: Sync Rocks view story
16 votes- Submitted by allaboutdatiki
- 3 months ago
- (http://www.mpgomatic.com/2008/05/...)
Ford Focus sales are up dramatically. While much of the increase is due to the car's solid gas mileage figures, it's the Microsoft Sync audio system that clicks the wow button. We spent a week in the Focus with the cameras rolling ...
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BMW 123d M Sport: 0-60+ Chirp! Chirp! view video
7 votes- Submitted by allaboutdatiki
- 3 months ago
- (http://youtube.com/watch?v=CGUMTb...)
MPGomatic drops the hammer on a wicked six-speed BMW 123d M Sport. It's one fast little diesel ...

