| Fancy the best gas mileage SUV on the US market? | | | | Adaptive Transmission Control. The BMW X6 |
| Then run your eyes down this list of the top 10 | | | | xDrive35i astonished us by speeding up from 0 to 60 |
| contenders for the American car market. | | | | mph in only 6.5 seconds. Formidable. |
| The Ford Escape Hybrid has two versions, a front | | | | The Nissan Rouge SL returns 22 mpg city and 27 |
| wheel drive or a 4 wheel drive.The front wheel drive | | | | mpg highway and is a diminutive version of the old |
| Ford Escape hybrid returns about 31-34 mpg in city | | | | Nissan Murano. The Rouge SL has a 167 HP, |
| traffic, or close to 29 or 30 miles per gallon on the | | | | 4-cylinder, 2.5 liter engine with an Xtronic CVT |
| open road. And the four wheel drive hybrid SUV | | | | (continuously-variable transmission). The Nissan Rouge |
| delivers a very good 28 mpg in the city or out on the | | | | SL can be bought with the following options: advanced |
| highway. Ford says its hybrid SUVs use electric | | | | airbag systems (AAS) and electric power steering |
| motors while stopped or running at low speeds, and | | | | (EPS). |
| use no fuel then. Kinetic energy in the vehicles brakes | | | | The Toyota Hilander SUV does 20 mpg by EPA |
| powers the SUVs battery bank, which power the | | | | figures, which makes it one of the more high mpg |
| SUVs electric motors when the vehicles are going | | | | SUVs on the market at the moment. The fuel saving |
| slowly. | | | | score is better than the older V-6 Hilander with its an |
| The Mercury Mariner Hybrid also comes in two | | | | average 19 miles per gallon. The newer Hilander has |
| versions. the front-wheel drive and a 4-wheel drive, | | | | an identical V6, 27 horsepower engine as the Toyota |
| similar to the hybrid Ford Escape. Both of the Mercury | | | | Camry and is surprisingly quiet, particularly when |
| 2 wheel drive and 4 wheel drive Mercury Mariner | | | | cruising on the highway. |
| hybrids have the 133 horsepower, 2.3 liter engine which | | | | Hyundai's Veracruz Limited AWD is a powerful SUV |
| has 30 or 34 miles per gallon and 27 or 29 miles per | | | | contender with its strong V6, 3.8 liter, 24 valve, 260 |
| gallon each. | | | | horsepower engine. Most regular SUVs have just a 3.6 |
| The two SUV Mariners are built with electric motors to | | | | liter engine. The Veracruz Limited AWD's engine |
| power the vehicles at speeds of up to 30 mph thus | | | | powers up the hills with its 257 lb-ft torque, a better |
| saving fuel when while driving in the city. Both vehicles | | | | result than Hyundai's earlier model.s It gets you 15 mpg |
| can either run on full petrol, all electric, or a combo of | | | | in city traffic, according to EPA figures, and 22 mpg on |
| both. It all depends on traffic conditions at that time. | | | | the the open road. This makes Huyundai's Veracruz |
| The Mazda Tribute Hybrid manages 29-34 miles per | | | | one of the most fuel-efficient SUVs in the US market. |
| gallon in city traffic and 27 to 30 mpg when cruising, by | | | | Kia's Sorento 4WD is powered by a 3.3 liter, V6, 242 |
| EPA tests. This is Mazda's first attempt at a hybrid | | | | horsepower engine which produces one of the best |
| car, so they have done well. The Mazda Tribute gets | | | | mpg ratings among SUVs today. The Kia Sorento |
| more mpg and a roomy compartment at the back. It | | | | 4WD SUV does 15 - 16 miles per gallon iin city traffic |
| has pleasingly low emission and provides really good | | | | and 20 to 22 mpg at higher speeds. The Sorento |
| passenger safety from its side-curtain air bags. | | | | 4WD has a 5-speed automatic gearbox, knee and |
| Saturn Vue Green Line is one of the best gas mileage | | | | side-curtain airbags and an electronic stabilization |
| SUVs at present, giving 25 miles per gallon (city) and | | | | system. |
| 32 mpg on the highway. The Saturn Vue Green Line | | | | The LX570 SUV made by Lexus manages 12 to 15 |
| has a 2.4 liter 4-cylinder 172 horsepower engine and | | | | miles per gallon which is nothing remarkable these |
| automatic gearbox. It has a very tough design and a | | | | days. It has a 5.7 liter V8, 381 horsepower engine |
| multiple airbag system which boosts its safety | | | | which gets you more power than the earlier versions |
| features. | | | | of this SUV. The Lexus LX570 can be optioned with a |
| The BMW X6 xDrive35i model manages around 25.9 | | | | multi-terrain ABS brake system for wet or icy roads |
| mpg and is fitted with a 3 liter DOHC, 6-cylinder | | | | and/or a crawl control for steep and tricky descents. |
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