Government of Canada Honours Fuel-Efficient Vehicle Award Winners
Honda Civic Hybrid is the winner in compact car class. Photo's taken at the Canadian International AutoShow 2009 by Livegreenstyle.com
Natural Resources Canada Office of Energy Efficiency recognizes the manufacturers of the most fuel-efficient new vehicles each year with the ecoENERGY for Vehicles Awards.
The 2009 recipients were announced by Minister of Natural Resources at the Canadian International AutoShow in Toronto February 11, 2009, in partnership with the Canadian automobile industry and its associations.
“Fuel efficient vehicles are good for the environment and help drivers save money on gas,” said Minister Raitt. “By recognizing those manufacturers who are leading the charge to improve fuel efficiency, we are also providing consumers with better information on the options that are available to them.”
The ecoENERGY for Vehicles Awards are a part of the Government of Canada’s ecoENERGY initiative — a $3.6-billion set of focused measures to help Canadians use energy more efficiently, boost renewable energy supplies and develop cleaner energy technologies.
The winners of the 2009 Awards in each of the ten vehicle classes are:
Two-seater car: smart fortwo/cabriolet
1.0 L, 3 cylinder, 5-speed automatic (with manual mode)
Fuel consumption: city 5.9 L/100 km (48 mi./gal.); highway 4.8 L/100 km (59 mi./gal.)
Annual fuel cost (premium gasoline): $1,188
Annual fuel use: 1,080 L
CO2 emissions: 2,592 kg/yr
Subcompact car: MINI Cooper/Cooper Clubman/Cooper Convertible (co-winner)
1.6 L, 4 cylinder, 6-speed manual
Fuel consumption: city 7.1 L/100 km (40 mi./gal.); highway 5.3 L/100 km (53 mi./gal.)
Annual fuel cost (premium gasoline): $1,386
Annual fuel use: 1,260 L
CO2 emissions: 3,024 kg/yr
Subcompact car: Toyota Yaris (co-winner)
1.5 L, 4 cylinder, 5-speed manual
Fuel consumption: city 6.9 L/100 km (41 mi./gal.); highway 5.5 L/100 km (51 mi./gal.)
Annual fuel cost (regular gasoline): $1,260
Annual fuel use: 1,260 L
CO2 emissions: 3,024 kg/yr
Compact car: Honda Civic Hybrid
1.3 L, 4-cylinder hybrid, continuously variable (CVT)
Fuel consumption: city 4.7 L/100 km (60 mi./gal.); highway 4.3 L/100 km (66 mi./gal.)
Annual fuel cost (regular gasoline): $900
Annual fuel use: 900 L
CO2 emissions: 2,160 kg/yr
Mid-size car: Toyota Prius
1.5 L, 4-cylinder hybrid, continuously variable (CVT)
Fuel consumption: city 4.0 L/100 km (71 mi./gal.); highway 4.2 L/100 km (67 mi./gal.)
Annual fuel cost (regular gasoline): $820
Annual fuel use: 820 L
CO2 emissions: 1,968 kg/yr
Full-size car: Honda Accord Sedan (co-winner)
2.4 L, 4 cylinder, 5-speed manual
Fuel consumption: city 9.4 L/100 km (30 mi./gal.); highway 6.4 L/100 km (44 mi./gal.)
Annual fuel cost (regular gasoline): $1,600
Annual fuel use: 1,600 L
CO2 emissions: 3,840 kg/yr
Full-size car: Hyundai Sonata (co-winner)
2.4 L, 4 cylinder, 5-speed automatic
Fuel consumption: city 9.5 L/100 km (30 mi./gal.); highway 6.2 L/100 km (46 mi./gal.)
Annual fuel cost (regular gasoline): $1,600
Annual fuel use: 1,600 L
CO2 emissions: 3,840 kg/yr
Station wagon: Volkswagen Jetta Wagon TDI Clean Diesel
2.0 L, 4 cylinder, 6-speed manual
Fuel consumption: city 6.8 L/100 km (42 mi./gal.); highway 4.8 L/100 km (59 mi./gal.)
Annual fuel cost (diesel): $1,180
Annual fuel use: 1,180 L
CO2 emissions: 3,186 kg/yr
Pickup truck: Ford Ranger and Mazda B2300 (co-winners)
2.3 L, 4 cylinder, 5-speed manual
Fuel consumption: city 9.9 L/100 km (29 mi./gal.); highway 7.5 L/100 km (38 mi./gal.)
Annual fuel cost (regular gasoline): $1,760
Annual fuel use: 1,760 L
CO2 emissions: 4,224 kg/yr
Special-purpose vehicle: Ford Escape Hybrid
2.5 L, 4 cylinder hybrid, continuously variable (CVT)
Fuel consumption: city 5.8 L/100 km (49 mi./gal.); highway 6.4 L/100 km (44 mi./gal.)
Annual fuel cost (regular gasoline): $1,220
Annual fuel use: 1,220 L
CO2 emissions: 2,928 kg/yr
Minivan: Mazda 5
2.3 L, 4 cylinder, 5-speed manual
Fuel consumption: city 9.6 L/100 km (29 mi./gal.); highway 7.0 L/100 km (40 mi./gal.)
Annual fuel cost: $1,680
Annual fuel use: 1,680 L
CO2 emissions: 4,032 kg/yr
Large van: Chevrolet Express Cargo/GMC Savana Cargo
4.3 L, 6 cylinder, 4-speed automatic
Fuel consumption: city 14.1 L/100 km (20 mi./gal.); highway 10.0 L/100 km (28 mi./gal.)
Annual fuel cost (regular gasoline): $2,460
Annual fuel use: 2,460 L
CO2 emissions: 5,904 kg/yr
source: ecoaction.gc.ca
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To think that our CDN Govt. is blowing 3.6 billion of our dollars for this waste of our time “M.P.G.award” is incredible! If anyone wants to know this Mfg. propaganda, you can look it up on the internet for free.
Did we get an actual test drive of all these vehicle for our 3.6 Bil$…Nooo, of course not.
The MPG numbers are all right off the window stickers, and double- quoted in Metric and Imperial measure, a standard that we haven’t used since 1973, when, if you tried to sell gas in the old Imperial Gallons, Trudeaus’ Metric Police would arrest you.
Fair enough.
I was thinking to buy a Honda Civic Hybrid – it’s right at the photo above…until i got to know it costs 10k more vs. regular Honda Civic…
$10k! for that amount of money you can get life time gas supply…Is the green car worth it?
No Top5, it isn’t, plus the Civic Hybrid in my test drive this month was a gutless dud. Add to that, it’s cabin is noisy and the engine sounds like a run away mixmaster when going up hills.
In my 56 mile test run, the car returned 33 mpg (Imperial)
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I would choose Toyota’s Camry Hybrid. It’s a solid car, very reliable and has 5.7 L/100km, sorry, I’m a ‘metric’ guy
(I believe it’s 50 mpg)
This baby is a bit pricey though… However, you may get $2k PST tax rebate from CA Govt… still better than nothing for those who’s on the hybrid market
@eric neville
The added cost of hybrid car will pay you back in gas mileage over 4-10 year time period, depending on car model, for Honda CH it is about 6 years.
@gogreenjohnny
Honda Civic Hybrid is something that I consider as well, I’ve read tons of reviews from HCH owners and frankly speaking, many of them are saying that the added cost of Honda Hybrid will not pay back. I’d like to hear more true stories from the owners
Of all the above cars on the list I think the one that makes the most sense might be the Volkswagen Jetta Wagon TDI Clean Diesel….. if I ever recover from the $ticker $hock.
I owned an old stinking smoke belching VW rabbit many many cars ago so belive me I have driven the worst VW ever had to offer.
My test run in the new Jetta Wagon was a dream drive…never mind the HP rating of only 100, it’s the tourqe at the tires that gets you going and his Jetta TDI pulls like a car with a V-8.
It’s also the one car that owners consitently say gets BETTER mpgs than posted. Now, if it was more affordable to buy, I would have one in the garage today. My tester was $26.000 U.S. $35.000 CDN ouch!
@eric neville
“the one car that owners consitently say gets BETTER mpgs than posted.”
yep, it’s rather an exception than a rule in hybrids world.