Besides the obvious advantage of being more fuel efficient and easier on the pocketbook, fuel-efficient cars bestow numerous advantages on their owners. What follows is a brief list of the many advantages of owning a fuel-efficient car.
A car that is more fuel efficient consumes less gas per mile than a less fuel efficient car. Therefore, gas mileage, the number of miles driven per gallon of gas, will be better on a fuel-efficient car. Both city and highway driving will produce better gas mileage ratings.
Fuel efficient cars produce fewer emissions and smog-producing exhaust gases than do less-efficient cars. By burning less fuel to operate, a natural effect is less combustion gases, which means cleaner tail pipe emissions. Cleaner tail pipe emissions leads to cleaner environmental air.
By getting better gas mileage, a fuel efficient car will not require as many fueling stops as would a less efficient car. By enabling more miles to be driven per full tank of gas, a fuel efficient car will allow less frequent fuel stops.
Many leading car insurance companies offer discounted insurance coverage rates for people who drive fuel-efficient cars. The cars tend to be less powerful and owned by drivers less interested in hot-rodding or aggressive, risky driving behaviors that increase car accidents and costly insurance coverages and repairs.
By default, the most fuel-efficient cars are cheaper to operate and repair because they tend to be smaller in size, have smaller, less-complex engines and drivetrains and are usually manufactured with common, universal-type parts and components.
