Honda and Toyota head EPA list for fuel-efficient vehicles

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Summary:

• Honda Motor Co.'s Insight and Toyota Motor Corp.'s Prius, the first two gasoline-electric cars, again led a U.S. government list of the most fuel-efficient 2006 vehicles, ahead of Volkswagen AG diesel cars.
• Insight coupes with manual transmission had the highest rating, at 60 miles per gallon of gasoline in city driving and 66 mpg on highways, the Environmental Protection Agency said in a statement.
• The Honda two-seater car has held the top spot since it went on sale in 1999.
• Prius was second, averaging 60 mpg in city driving and 51 mpg on highways.
• Volkswagen's diesel New Beetle and Golf models with manual transmission were third, followed by VW's diesel Jetta with manual transmission and Ford Motor Co.'s gasoline-electric Escape sport-utility vehicle with two-wheel drive.
• Sales of smaller cars and hybrids have risen in the past two months amid U.S. average retail gasoline prices that reached a record $3.06 a gallon Sept. 5, according to AAA's fuel-price Web site.
• Honda's 2006 Civic Hybrid wasn't included among the 10 most fuel-efficient models because the company submitted details of the model after the EPA's evaluation period, agency spokesman John Millett said.
• The government agency this week told Honda the new Civic, which goes on sale Oct. 19, averages 49 city mpg/51 mpg highway, Honda spokesman Sage Marie said yesterday.
• That would be third on the EPA list, behind the Toyota Prius.
• Volkswagen's diesel New Beetle and Jetta with automatic transmission were sixth on the EPA list, with VW's diesel Golf with automatic transmission seventh.
• Ford's Escape hybrid, along with the similar Mercury Mariner and Mazda Motor Corp. Tribute SUVs that use the same gasoline-electric system, was eighth.
• The ninth spot was held by Toyota's Lexus RX 400h hybrid sport-utility and its Highlander SUV that uses the same gasoline- electric system.

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