Mercury Tracer Wagon MPG by year — every rating on record

The Mercury Tracer Wagon has a combined EPA fuel economy rating for 11 model years, from 1988 to 1999. Across those years its best rated version returned 30 mpg (1996) and its thirstiest returned 24 mpg (1988). The EPA record holds 22 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 Mercury Tracer Wagon placed highest in 1992 at #2 of 12, and lowest in 1988 at #9 of 25. It spent 11 of its 11 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. 4 of 6 year-over-year steps improved the top rating.

What Tracer Wagon fuel costs over a year

At the EPA's 11,500 miles a year, the 1999 Mercury Tracer Wagon burns 411 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 1999 model year is $2,250 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 28 mpg the Mercury Tracer Wagon is 1 mpg better the median, which is worth about $53 a year at $3.50 a gallon.

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

Other Mercury nameplates

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