Daewoo Leganza MPG by year — every rating on record

The Daewoo Leganza has a combined EPA fuel economy rating for 5 model years, from 1998 to 2002. Across those years its best rated version returned 21 mpg (1998) and its thirstiest returned 20 mpg (1998). The EPA record holds 12 configurations for this nameplate, most recently a Midsize 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 Leganza placed highest in 1998 at #15 of 47, and lowest in 2001 at #17 of 54. It spent 5 of its 5 ranked years in the top half of its class.

Every configuration on record

All 12 configurations EPA lists for this nameplate, newest first.

What Leganza fuel costs over a year

At the EPA's 11,500 miles a year, the 2002 Daewoo Leganza burns 548 to 575 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 2002 model year is $2,950 to $3,100 a year in fuel, or $4,250 more than the average new vehicle over five years.

How it compares with other Midsize Cars

Across the 483 nameplates EPA classifies as Midsize Cars, the median best combined rating is 25 mpg. At 21 mpg the Daewoo Leganza is 4 mpg below the median, which is worth about $307 a year at $3.50 a gallon.

• All Midsize 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 →