Ford Focus Station Wagon MPG by year — every rating on record

The Ford Focus Station Wagon has a combined EPA fuel economy rating for 8 model years, from 2000 to 2007. Across those years its best rated version returned 28 mpg (2001) and its thirstiest returned 23 mpg (2003). The EPA record holds 27 configurations for this nameplate, most recently a Midsize 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 Ford Focus Station Wagon placed highest in 2001 at #1 of 15, and lowest in 2000 at #2 of 14. It spent 8 of its 8 ranked years in the top half of its class.

Every configuration on record

All 27 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 Focus Station Wagon fuel costs over a year

At the EPA's 11,500 miles a year, the 2007 Ford Focus Station Wagon burns 426 to 442 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 2007 model year is $2,300 to $2,400 a year in fuel, or $750 more than the average new vehicle over five years.

How it compares with other Midsize Station Wagons

Across the 65 nameplates EPA classifies as Midsize Station Wagons, the median best combined rating is 22 mpg. At 27 mpg the Ford Focus Station Wagon is 5 mpg better the median, which is worth about $339 a year at $3.50 a gallon.

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

Other Ford nameplates

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