Daewoo Lanos MPG by year — every rating on record

The Daewoo Lanos has a combined EPA fuel economy rating for 6 model years, from 1998 to 2003. Across those years its best rated version returned 26 mpg (1998) and its thirstiest returned 23 mpg (2001). The EPA record holds 22 configurations for this nameplate, most recently a Compact Cars.

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 Daewoo Lanos placed highest in 1998 at #12 of 47, and lowest in 2003 at #23 of 64. It spent 6 of its 6 ranked years in the top half of its class.

Every configuration on record

All 22 configurations EPA lists for this nameplate, newest first.

How the rating has moved between model years

Comparing the best-rated configuration of each year. 0 of 1 year-over-year steps improved the top rating.

What Lanos fuel costs over a year

At the EPA's 11,500 miles a year, the 2003 Daewoo Lanos burns 479 to 500 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 2003 model year is $2,600 to $2,700 a year in fuel, or $2,250 more than the average new vehicle over five years.

How it compares with other Compact Cars

Across the 498 nameplates EPA classifies as Compact Cars, the median best combined rating is 26 mpg. At 24 mpg the Daewoo Lanos is 2 mpg below the median, which is worth about $129 a year at $3.50 a gallon.

• All Compact Cars rankings — every nameplate in the class, best to worst.

Where Daewoo sits

Daewoo has too few nameplates on record for a make-level page of its own, so this nameplate stands alone here. Every make we cover →