The following table compares the fuel economies of the top 100 most fuel-efficient 2021 small station wagons.
The table includes EV, Hybrid, Plug-in Hybrid vehicles.
The annual fuel cost (shown in the right-most column) is calculated based on an estimated annual mileage of 15,000 miles,
of which 55% of the miles are city driving, and 45% of the miles are highway driving.
The calculation assumes a fuel cost of $5.00 per gallon.
| Rank | Brand | Model Year | Vehicle Type | Combined MPG | City MPG |
Highway MPG | Annual Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevrolet | 2021 Bolt EV | Electric vehicle | 118 | 127 | 108 | $637 |
| 2 | Kia | 2021 Niro Electric | Electric vehicle | 112 | 123 | 102 | $666 |
| 3 | Ford | 2021 Mustang Mach-E RWD California Route 1 | Electric vehicle | 101 | 108 | 94 | $740 |
| 4 | Ford | 2021 Mustang Mach-E RWD | Electric vehicle | 100 | 105 | 93 | $755 |
| 5 | Ford | 2021 Mustang Mach-E RWD Extended | Electric vehicle | 97 | 104 | 90 | $771 |
| 6 | Ford | 2021 Mustang Mach-E AWD | Electric vehicle | 93 | 100 | 86 | $804 |
| 7 | Ford | 2021 Mustang Mach-E AWD Extended | Electric vehicle | 90 | 96 | 84 | $831 |
| 8 | Ford | 2021 Mustang Mach-E GT | Electric vehicle | 84 | 90 | 77 | $896 |
| 9 | Ford | 2021 Mustang Mach-E GT Performance | Electric vehicle | 82 | 88 | 75 | $918 |
| 10 | Kia | 2021 Niro FE | Hybrid | 50 | 53 | 48 | $1,481 |
| 11 | Kia | 2021 Niro | Hybrid | 49 | 51 | 46 | $1,542 |
| 12 | Kia | 2021 Niro Plug-in Hybrid | Plug-in Hybrid | 46 | 48 | 44 | $1,626 |
| 13 | Kia | 2021 Niro Touring | Hybrid | 43 | 46 | 40 | $1,740 |
| 14 | Kia | 2021 Soul Eco dynamics | 31 | 29 | 35 | $2,386 | |
| 15 | Subaru | 2021 Impreza 5-Door | 31 | 28 | 36 | $2,410 | |
| 16 | Volvo | 2021 V60 AWD PHEV | Plug-in Hybrid | 30 | 28 | 33 | $2,495 |
| 17 | Honda | 2021 HR-V FWD | 30 | 28 | 34 | $2,465 | |
| 18 | Kia | 2021 Soul | 30 | 28 | 33 | $2,495 | |
| 19 | Subaru | 2021 Impreza Sport 5-Door | 30 | 27 | 35 | $2,492 | |
| 20 | Honda | 2021 HR-V AWD | 29 | 27 | 31 | $2,616 | |
| 21 | Nissan | 2021 Rogue Sport | 28 | 25 | 32 | $2,704 | |
| 22 | Nissan | 2021 Rogue Sport AWD | 27 | 24 | 30 | $2,843 | |
| 23 | Volvo | 2021 V60 FWD | 27 | 23 | 34 | $2,786 | |
| 24 | Audi | 2021 A4 allroad quattro | Hybrid | 26 | 24 | 30 | $2,843 |
| 25 | Mercedes-Benz | 2021 AMG GLA35 4matic | 25 | 23 | 29 | $2,957 | |
| 26 | Volvo | 2021 V60 CC AWD | 25 | 22 | 31 | $2,963 | |
| 27 | Mercedes-Benz | 2021 AMG GLA45 4matic | 23 | 20 | 27 | $3,312 | |