A Honda Civic Hybrid has won this week's AA Energywise four-day rally for completing the distance at the least cost.A record 59 vehicles were tested in this year's rally over motorways, unsealed roads, rural state highways, and in peak-hour city congestion.
The vehicle that cost the least to run including fuel and road user charges, was the Honda Civic Hybrid, with a $111.72 bill for the 1641km rally which started and finished in Auckland.
The driver award, for the team that beat the manufacturer-stated fuel use of their vehicle by the highest percentage, went to a team driving a Holden HSV Maloo. They reduced their fuel consumption by 39.5 percent, achieving 9.497 litres per 100km instead of the manufacturer-stated fuel use of 15.7 litres per 100km.
The environment award, for the vehicle with the lowest fuel use and emissions for the rally, went to a Volkswagen Polo BlueMotion Manual, with 95.58 grams per kilometre.
Source;
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4775813a30.html
Here's the results including all of the cars participated;
http://www.aa.co.nz/Documents/EWR/2008/main/results/ewr_26_nov08_results.pdf