Mitsubishi Lancer Sportback MPG by year — every rating on record

The Mitsubishi Lancer Sportback has a combined EPA fuel economy rating for 9 model years, from 2004 to 2014. Across those years its best rated version returned 27 mpg (2011) and its thirstiest returned 20 mpg (2009). The EPA record holds 20 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 Mitsubishi Lancer Sportback placed highest in 2004 at #8 of 14, and lowest in 2010 at #16 of 22. It spent 4 of its 9 ranked years in the top half of its class.

Every configuration on record

All 20 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 2 year-over-year steps improved the top rating.

What Lancer Sportback fuel costs over a year

At the EPA's 11,500 miles a year, the 2014 Mitsubishi Lancer Sportback burns 426 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 2014 model year is $2,300 to $2,500 a year in fuel, or $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 27 mpg the Mitsubishi Lancer Sportback is exactly at the median.

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

Other Mitsubishi nameplates

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