Kia Rondo MPG by year — every rating on record

The Kia Rondo has a combined EPA fuel economy rating for 6 model years, from 2007 to 2012. Across those years its best rated version returned 22 mpg (2007) and its thirstiest returned 20 mpg (2007). The EPA record holds 12 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 Kia Rondo placed highest in 2009 at #1 of 8, and lowest in 2007 at #4 of 14. It spent 6 of its 6 ranked years in the top half of its class.

Every configuration on record

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

What Rondo fuel costs over a year

At the EPA's 11,500 miles a year, the 2012 Kia Rondo burns 523 to 548 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 2012 model year is $2,850 to $2,950 a year in fuel, or $3,000 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 22 mpg the Kia Rondo is exactly at the median.

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

Other Kia nameplates

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