Oldsmobile Silhouette MPG by year — every rating on record

The Oldsmobile Silhouette has a combined EPA fuel economy rating for 15 model years, from 1990 to 2004. Across those years its best rated version returned 20 mpg (2001) and its thirstiest returned 18 mpg (1990). The EPA record holds 22 configurations for this nameplate, most recently a Minivan - 2WD / Minivan - 4WD.

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 Oldsmobile Silhouette placed highest in 2001 at #2 of 14, and lowest in 1993 at #25 of 54. It spent 13 of its 15 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. 3 of 4 year-over-year steps improved the top rating.

What Silhouette fuel costs over a year

At the EPA's 11,500 miles a year, the 2004 Oldsmobile Silhouette burns 575 to 639 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 2004 model year is $3,100 to $3,450 a year in fuel, or $4,250 more than the average new vehicle over five years.

How it compares with other Special Purpose Vehicles

Across the 113 nameplates EPA classifies as Special Purpose Vehicles, the median best combined rating is 21 mpg. At 20 mpg the Oldsmobile Silhouette is 1 mpg below the median, which is worth about $96 a year at $3.50 a gallon.

• All Special Purpose Vehicles rankings — every nameplate in the class, best to worst.

Other Oldsmobile nameplates

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