Subaru Sedan/3 Door MPG by year — every rating on record

The Subaru Sedan/3 Door has a combined EPA fuel economy rating for 4 model years, from 1986 to 1989. Across those years its best rated version returned 25 mpg (1986) and its thirstiest returned 20 mpg (1986). The EPA record holds 28 configurations for this nameplate, most recently a Compact Cars / Special Purpose Vehicles.

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 Subaru Sedan/3 Door placed highest in 1989 at #20 of 49, and lowest in 1987 at #27 of 57. It spent 4 of its 4 ranked years in the top half of its class.

Every configuration on record

All 28 configurations EPA lists for this nameplate, newest first.

What Sedan/3 Door fuel costs over a year

At the EPA's 11,500 miles a year, the 1989 Subaru Sedan/3 Door burns 460 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 1989 model year is $2,500 to $2,950 a year in fuel, or $3,500 more than the average new vehicle over five years.

How it compares with other Compact Cars

Across the 498 nameplates EPA classifies as Compact Cars, the median best combined rating is 26 mpg. At 25 mpg the Subaru Sedan/3 Door is 1 mpg below the median, which is worth about $62 a year at $3.50 a gallon.

• All Compact Cars rankings — every nameplate in the class, best to worst.

Other Subaru nameplates

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