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Fiat 500 vs. smart fortwo MPG

Chart is based on 144 fuel economy reports for the Fiat 500 and 325 fuel economy reports for the smart fortwo.

Fiat 500 MPG

Fiat 500 Fiat 500 2015 24.1 MPG Highway Percentage 56 percent Fiat 500 Fiat 500 2015 33.5 MPG Highway Percentage 50 percent Fiat 500 Fiat 500 2014 31.9 MPG Highway Percentage 34 percent Fiat 500 Fiat 500 2013 30.0 MPG Highway Percentage 5 percent Fiat 500 Fiat 500 2012 30.6 MPG Highway Percentage 0 percent Fiat 500 Fiat 500 2012 29.4 MPG Highway Percentage 22 percent Fiat 500 Fiat 500 2012 38.7 MPG Highway Percentage 53 percent Fiat 500 Fiat 500 2012 35.5 MPG Highway Percentage 50 percent
Year Body/Powertrain flat, hilly, or mountainousLand driving style: very light to "lead foot"Foot A/C use: none to heavyA/C constant stop and goTraf % many stops per mileCity % stop every mile or twoSub % fairly steady speedHwy % Hwy Spd MPG
2015 2dr Hatch turbocharged 160hp 1.4L I4
5-speed manual FWD		 flat lead hvy 11 11 22 56 80 24.1  
2015 2dr Hatch 101-horsepower 1.4L I4
5-speed manual FWD		 flat lead light 5 20 25 50 75 33.5  
2014 2dr Hatch 101-horsepower 1.4L I4
6-speed shiftable automatic FWD		 flat med hvy 3 28 35 34 75 31.9  
2013 2dr Hatch 101-horsepower 1.4L I4
6-speed shiftable automatic FWD		 flat light light 0 35 60 5 65 30.0  
2012 2dr Hatch turbocharged 160hp 1.4L I4
5-speed manual FWD		 hills lead light 0 30 70 0 0 30.6  
2012 2dr Hatch 101-horsepower 1.4L I4
6-speed shiftable automatic FWD		 flat med light 18 46 15 22 66 29.4  
2012 2dr Hatch 101-horsepower 1.4L I4
5-speed manual FWD		 mtns med light 22 20 4 53 69 38.7  
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2012 2dr Convertible 101-horsepower 1.4L I4
6-speed shiftable automatic FWD		 hills med light 0 0 50 50 75 35.5  

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smart fortwo MPG

smart fortwo smart fortwo 2016 39.6 MPG Highway Percentage 54 percent smart fortwo smart fortwo 2015 30.9 MPG Highway Percentage 0 percent smart fortwo smart fortwo 2010 39.3 MPG Highway Percentage 51 percent smart fortwo smart fortwo 2009 39.8 MPG Highway Percentage 37 percent smart fortwo smart fortwo 2009 39.7 MPG Highway Percentage 44 percent smart fortwo smart fortwo 2008 40.0 MPG Highway Percentage 52 percent smart fortwo smart fortwo 2008 39.6 MPG Highway Percentage 36 percent
Year Body/Powertrain flat, hilly, or mountainousLand driving style: very light to "lead foot"Foot A/C use: none to heavyA/C constant stop and goTraf % many stops per mileCity % stop every mile or twoSub % fairly steady speedHwy % Hwy Spd MPG
2016 2dr Hatch turbocharged 89hp 0.9L I3
5-speed manual RWD		 flat med none 0 24 22 54 64 39.6  
2015 2dr Hatch 70-horsepower 1.0L I3
5-speed automated manual RWD		 hills light hvy 60 30 10 0 0 30.9  
2010 2dr Hatch 70-horsepower 1.0L I3
5-speed automated manual RWD		 flat med light 1 43 5 51 93 39.3  
2009 2dr Hatch 70-horsepower 1.0L I3
5-speed automated manual RWD		 flat med light 8 33 23 37 62 39.8  
2009 2dr Convertible 70-horsepower 1.0L I3
5-speed automated manual RWD		 flat light light 6 29 21 44 68 39.7  
2008 2dr Hatch 70-horsepower 1.0L I3
5-speed automated manual RWD		 flat med light 4 19 25 52 69 40.0  
2008 2dr Convertible 70-horsepower 1.0L I3
5-speed automated manual RWD		 flat med light 24 19 21 36 67 39.6  

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Fiat 500 vs. smart fortwo MPG

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What Our Members Are Saying about the Real Gas Mileage of the Fiat 500

Fiat 500 Real Gas Mileage: Pros
YearBody/PowertrainComment
2015 2dr Hatch 101-horsepower 1.4L I4
5-speed manual FWD		 Good fuel economy with manual, but most compacts with auto are more frugal and much faster. see full Fiat 500 review
2015 2dr Hatch turbocharged 160hp 1.4L I4
5-speed manual FWD		 Fuel economy on 500s in general is excellent. I have found that the engines are really "tight" when brand new. On my first tank (50/50 city/highway) with the Abarth, I couldn't crack 30 MPG. At 4000 miles, I'm now at 38.8 mpg on the exact same route. The other Fiats I have owned exhibited the exact same behavior. As with the other 500s, I expect a further minor improvement in fuel economy, leveling out at about 5000 miles. see full Fiat 500 review
2014 2dr Convertible turbocharged 160hp 1.4L I4
5-speed manual FWD		 Considering it's got a big turbo that I can't help but make use of, I still seem to be averaging an odometer-confirmed 30mpg in mixed driving (high speed mountain freeways and congested city). I've had a few flatter road trips creep into 33mpg territory, and a long run of backroad-strafing dip down to 27. Overall, I'm happy with the economy considering just how fun to drive the car really is. see full Fiat 500 review
2013 2dr Hatch 101-horsepower 1.4L I4
6-speed shiftable automatic FWD		 With the Pop Auto trans we are getting 31 mpg avg. see full Fiat 500 review
2013 2dr Hatch 101-horsepower 1.4L I4
5-speed manual FWD		 Cheap to Keep! My Fiat 500 Pop with Manual transmission gets 42.5 mpg recorded on my notebook computer over the first two years of ownership. This includes the first day I got the car from the dealership until I stopped bothering to keep records since the on-board computer mpg calculations are with 5/10ths of my own record keeping. To keep this in perspective, I do little straight highway driving. I prefer using back rural roads when possible (highway driving is SO boring!). A couple times a week I drive 20 miles each way and the trip contains 16 full stops at stop sighs or intersections. The terrain is rolling up and down and on these trips without trying the car gets 42 to 43 mpg. If I work at getting the best mileage, I've gotten over 50mpg. True city stop and go traffic hurts and I rarely get over 31mpg until the road opens up a bit. Pure highway driving at 70 mph brings about 40 mpg and slightly less if I hold near 80 mph (maybe 38 mpg but don't do this often enough to get a real average). My wife drives a Nissan Sentra with the Variable Ratio transmission and drven carefully on the highway it can get 36-37 mpg from a bigger and more comfortalbe car. Yet while the Nissan is a very good automobile, it isn't like my 500 for just fun and smiles.The see full Fiat 500 review
2013 2dr Convertible 101-horsepower 1.4L I4
6-speed shiftable automatic FWD		 My auto trans Fiat 500c gets 35mpg average over the first year of ownership (done on my computer spreadsheet, not from my head or the car trip compute). I do not do a lot of true city driving (I live in a small town of less than 10,000 folks) nor a lot of true highway driving at high speeds (75-80mph). But when I do go on two or three hour dives (one way) the car does better getting 40mpg. My normal drive one way is 19 to 20 miles with 16 complete stops required (yes, I make full stops not "roll-thru"). On these drives the car computer shows an average of 34-36mpg and that proves to be pretty accurate so I stopped working mpg on a separate spreadsheet. It does take premium fuel so there are better cars for pure mpg than this. But you do get some style for the extra cost. see full Fiat 500 review
2013 2dr Hatch turbocharged 160hp 1.4L I4
5-speed manual FWD		 On a longer freeway trip, I averaged about 35 mpg. In most mixed driving (my daily commute is very short, only about 2 miles) I average about 27 mpg. Not bad, especially considering I tend to, um, make the most of that exhaust note. see full Fiat 500 review
2013 2dr Hatch 101-horsepower 1.4L I4
5-speed manual FWD		 Fuel economy. I can wring the little thing around all day, up and down hills, revving high etc, and I still have averaged 36mpg over the first 4500 miles. If I drove in a flatland area (Florida) and kept my foot off the gas so much, I could easily get 40+ mpg. see full Fiat 500 review
2013 2dr Hatch 101-horsepower 1.4L I4
5-speed manual FWD		 Fuel economy has been excellent with a low of 36.9 and a high of 42.1 MPG with mostly highway driving. Fiat specs the car for 91 octane fuel, although 87 is permitted. I use 93. I have tried most of the major brands and have seen no difference in economy, with the exception of Mobil, which routinely returns a 2MPG improvement over other brands. Not sure why- I had a Hyundai that did the same on BP, so please don't think I am pushing a preference, as I have none, The car is also very sensitive to tire pressure in relation to fuel economy. The factory recommends 38 PSI, 34 rear. I am running 40/36 with no difference in ride quality but slightly improved economy. see full Fiat 500 review
2012 2dr Hatch 101-horsepower 1.4L I4
6-speed shiftable automatic FWD		 I'm usually in the 32-35 mpg range with a mixture of city and highway driving. I have to push it a bit to keep up with traffic (101 hp engine) which is probably why it's a bit lower. Fill ups are rarely more than $30. see full Fiat 500 review
 

What Our Members Are Saying about the Real Gas Mileage of the smart fortwo

smart fortwo Real Gas Mileage: Pros
YearBody/PowertrainComment
2013 2dr Hatch 70-horsepower 1.0L I3
5-speed automated manual RWD		 good mpg car for the price and simplicity of a lightweight car with only a gas engine. Even if you only get the EPA combined estimate of 36 it is good mpg and competes well in its class. But many smart drivers get much higher. My first 10k miles averaged 45 mpg, based on miles per gallon measured at each fill up, mix of city and freeway. Recently I had 48 mpg and 51 mpg tanks on my usual route. Check Fuelly.com for a realistic picture of mpg to expect. Low 40s mpg is most common. see full smart fortwo review
2009 2dr Hatch 70-horsepower 1.0L I3
5-speed automated manual RWD		 highest mpg for a gas only vehicle. see full smart fortwo review
2009 2dr Hatch 70-horsepower 1.0L I3
5-speed automated manual RWD		 fundamentally adequate, very predictable, no surprises larger fuel tank would still be nice see full smart fortwo review
2009 2dr Hatch 70-horsepower 1.0L I3
5-speed automated manual RWD		 Depending on how I drive, it gets great mileage. High of 40.1, mixed city and interstate and an absolute low of 33.5 driving it like a kid in a go Kart. see full smart fortwo review
2008 2dr Hatch 70-horsepower 1.0L I3
5-speed automated manual RWD		 Good mileage see full smart fortwo review
2008 2dr Hatch 70-horsepower 1.0L I3
5-speed automated manual RWD		 Fule consumption is consistent regardless of type of driving style. see full smart fortwo review
2008 2dr Hatch 70-horsepower 1.0L I3
5-speed automated manual RWD		 Fourty MPG or more on every fill up. see full smart fortwo review
2008 2dr Hatch 70-horsepower 1.0L I3
5-speed automated manual RWD		 First tankful is 40 mpg. We expect that to go up once we fully master the manumatic transmission. see full smart fortwo review
2008 2dr Hatch 70-horsepower 1.0L I3
5-speed automated manual RWD		 average 40 mpg see full smart fortwo review
2008 2dr Convertible 70-horsepower 1.0L I3
5-speed automated manual RWD		 best among fossil fuel powered cars see full smart fortwo review