Buick Skyhawk Wagon MPG by year — every rating on record

The Buick Skyhawk Wagon has a combined EPA fuel economy rating for 6 model years, from 1984 to 1989. Across those years its best rated version returned 27 mpg (1986) and its thirstiest returned 21 mpg (1984). The EPA record holds 28 configurations for this nameplate, most recently a Small Station Wagons.

Year-by-year EPA ratings

Where it has stood in its class

Ranked against every other nameplate the EPA filed under the same class that year. The Buick Skyhawk Wagon placed highest in 1986 at #6 of 18, and lowest in 1989 at #10 of 19. It spent 6 of its 6 ranked years in the top half of its class.

Every configuration on record

All 28 configurations EPA lists for this nameplate, newest first.

How the rating has moved between model years

Comparing the best-rated configuration of each year. 2 of 4 year-over-year steps improved the top rating.

What Skyhawk Wagon fuel costs over a year

At the EPA's 11,500 miles a year, the 1989 Buick Skyhawk Wagon burns 442 to 460 gallons depending on configuration. Below is what that costs at three pump prices, and how much more the thirstiest configuration costs than the most efficient one.

EPA’s own estimate for the 1989 model year is $2,400 to $2,500 a year in fuel, or $1,250 more than the average new vehicle over five years.

How it compares with other Small Station Wagons

Across the 142 nameplates EPA classifies as Small Station Wagons, the median best combined rating is 27 mpg. At 26 mpg the Buick Skyhawk Wagon is 1 mpg below the median, which is worth about $57 a year at $3.50 a gallon.

• All Small Station Wagons rankings — every nameplate in the class, best to worst.

Other Buick nameplates

Every Buick model compared → — all nameplates ranked by best combined rating, with what each one costs a year.