What would be the best/most reliable gas mileage car these days?

How many miles is "like mad?" Does she carry a tuba? Does she weigh 3 bills or 105#? How long will it be kept? How much is dity driving? etc.,etc.,etc. You may have Googled and seen 1.2 million answers, but you read none of them.

My son and his wife each own a different one of the Honda models. The little one, which I believe he calls the Insight (or maybe Incite?;>) is a two seater, looks like an armadillo, and - he claims - can get up to about 80 miles per gallon when driven optimally. (And that does not mean slowly, apparently.)

The other one, a larger car, can seat about 4 1/2 people, and is very nice. It can get 48-54 miles per gallon with judicious driving.

Others are coming, including SUV type vehicles I understand.

I probably wouldn't buy one of them. There will be a tradeoff, eventually, in battery replacements, etc, and they are not really cheap as they stand.

You can get a good conventional car that will get you close to

Be sure to consider the premium you will pay for a hybrid car. A comparable gas engine equipped car will cost several thousand dollars less so the financial benefit is probably not be as big as the milage figures might make it appear.

Thanks H...@nospam, i'll check into the Honda's!

zTim