Save Money, Save Gas, Save the Enviornment

SAVE GAS SAVE MONEY SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT A SAMPLING OF FUEL-EFFICIENT VEHICLES FORD 2012 Focus 28 city/40 highway MPG Offers the most vehicles with 2012 Fusion Hybrid 41 city/36 highway MPG 40+ MPG of any manufacturer 2012 Fiesta 29 city/40 highway MPG MAZDA 2013 Mazda2 29 city/35 highway MPG 2013 Mazda3 isport 28 city/40 highway MPG 2014 CX-5 26 city/35 highway MPG LINCOLN 2013 MKZ Hybrid 45 city/45 highway MPG 2013 MKZ 19 city/26 highway MPG THE IMPORTANCE OF FUEL EFFICIENCY MONEY SAVINGS Gas prices fluctuate frequently and may spike with little warning 30 MPG compared with 20 MPG at $3.77 per gallon: Saves you around $943 per year Saves you around $9,425 over 10 years ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS 1 gallon of gas burned creates 20 pounds of CO, 1.6 billion metric tons • Average car creates 5-9 tons of CO2 per year of greenhouse gases are created each year by highway vehicles* Mostly in the form of carbon dioxide (CO,) Driving a fuel-efficient vehicle will reduce your CO, is a major contributor greenhouse gas emissions to global climate change ENERGY INDEPENDENCE As domestic resources are used up, dependence on imported resources will increase Oil price fluctuations cost the U.S. about $1.9 trillion between 2004-200 about 50% New legislation aims to reduce U.S. oil use by 25 billion gallons by 2030. New fuel efficiency standards play a large part in the reduction. of the oil used in the U.S. is imported The U.S. produces only about 10 million barrels/day ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES Oil is a non-renewable resource- when it's gone, it's gone Cleaner, more efficient vehicles are more sustainable Hybrid, electric, and biodiesel technologies are more fuel efficient INFOGRAPHIC PROVIDED BY Rowe Auburn www.roweauburndealer.com Sources http://www.fueleconomy gov/feg/savemoney shtml http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/climate.shtml http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/oildep.shtml http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/consres.shtml http://www.ford.com/most-fuel-efficient/ http://www.mazdausa com/MusaWeb/displayPage.action?pageParameter=modelsMain&vehicleCode=Mz2#/performance/engine http://www.mazdausa.com/MusaWeb/displayPage.action?pageParameter=modelsFeatures& vehicleCode=M35 http://www.mazdausa com/MusaWeb/displayPage action?pageParameter=modelsFeaturesavehicleCode=CX5 http://www.fueleconomy gov/feg//bymake/Lincoln2013 shtml