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Fuel-sipper smackdown
Four ultra-fuel efficient cars hit the road to see which one was the best gas value. They all finished strong, but there was one clear winner.
The challenge
To find out, they pitted a hybrid, a diesel, a compact and a really tiny mini-compact against one another on a road trip from Los Angeles to Las Vegas.
They put the cars through three real-world driving tests along the way:
of 50-65 mile-per-hour driving on
roads through Death Valley
They then combined the results of those tests to determine the overall winner.
The cars they selected were the Ford Focus, the Smart ForTwo, the Toyota Prius (all 2008 models) and a 2005 Volkswagen Jetta TDI. In the end, one car really was the real fuel economy king.
NEXT: 4th place: Ford Focus
Last updated June 02 2008: 3:17 PM ET
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