The 2012 Mitsubishi i, sometimes described as a jellybean, tops the list of the 10 cars with the best gas mileage currently available in the United States. Honda and Toyota each have two cars on the list.

The website www.greencarreports compiled the list, which features 2012 and 2011 models and cars rated by MPG (miles per gallon) and MPGe (miles per gallon equivalent).

The website describes the leader of the list as "Mitsubishi's powered jellybean, the 'i' electric car. The looks might not be to all tastes but with an average of 112 MPGe, it currently ranks top on the EPA's leaderboard of fuel efficiency."

Here's the list:

2012 Mitsubishi i, 112 MPGe

2011 Nissan Leaf, 99 MPG

2012 Chevrolet Volt , 94 MPGe/37 MPG

2011 Smart Fortwo electric drive, 87 MPG

2012 Toyota Prius, 50 MPG

2012 Honda Civic Hybrid, 44 MPG

2012 Toyota Prius V, 42 MPG

2012 Lexus CT 200h, 42 MPG

2011 Honda Insight, 41 MPG

2012 Ford Fusion Hybrid/Lincoln MkZ, 39 MPG

To read the capsules of top-10 gas mileage cars, visit: www.greencarreport.com.

James Raia

A sports, travel and business journalist for more than 45 years, James has written the new car review column The Weekly Driver since 2004. In addition to founding this site in 2004, James writes a Sunday automotive column for The San Jose Mercury and East Bay Times in Walnut Creek, Calif., and monthly auto review and wellness columns for Gulfshore Business, a magazine in Southwest Florida. An author and contributor to many newspapers, magazines and online publications, co-hosted The Weekly Driver Podcast from 2017 to 2024.