Most efficient cars of 2004

Ranked by what they cost to fuel for a year at 14,000km. Cost is used rather than litres so that electric cars, which have no litres figure, can be compared with petrol and diesel on the same list. Cars sold before 2004 are excluded, as they were measured on a different test.

#	Car	Cost/year	Fuel use	Electric range	CO₂ lifecycle
1	2004 Citroen C2	$1,773	6.3 L/100km	–	183
2	2004 Citroen C3 Pluriel	$1,857	6.6 L/100km	–	191
3	2004 Renault Kangoo	$2,110	7.5 L/100km	–	218
4	2004 MINI Cooper	$2,167	7.7 L/100km	–	223
5	2004 Renault Scenic	$2,307	8.2 L/100km	–	238
6	2004 Alfa Romeo GT	$2,448	8.7 L/100km	–	252
7	2004 BMW 3 Series	$2,504	8.9 L/100km	–	258
8	2004 Land Rover Freelander	$2,543	7.6 L/100km	–	257
9	2004 Volvo V50	$2,617	9.3 L/100km	–	270
10	2004 Mitsubishi Triton	$2,771	10.7 L/100km	–	310
11	2004 Maybach 57	$4,652	15.9 L/100km	–	461
12	2004 Maybach 62	$4,652	15.9 L/100km	–	461

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