| With the price of fuel and the state of the economy | | | | automatic will expend a great deal more fuel per mile |
| currently many individuals are considering the | | | | than a two wheel drive manual transmission for |
| necessity of cutting back their expenses. This is | | | | instance. This fuel economy can be greatly enhanced |
| unfortunate for many individuals that adore their | | | | if an individual were to purchase a modern hybrid |
| sport utility vehicles. They don't necessarily concern | | | | SUV as well. |
| themselves with the look so much as the overall | | | | There are several options for a four cylinder SUV. |
| utility of the vehicle. People with large families, or | | | | There are diesel versions, hybrid versions, and regular |
| who live in the country, or even just enjoy the | | | | gas versions. The key is to determine a price point |
| outdoors all benefit from these types of vehicles. | | | | and purpose for purchasing the 4 cylinder SUV. |
| Those who enjoy having an SUV but cannot handle | | | | As far as diesel versions go they will generally not |
| the expense in gas or allow themselves to stomach | | | | has a great an amount of fuel economy as far as |
| the lack of concern they feel they might have for | | | | miles per gallon goes, but the price of diesel is |
| their carbon footprint can reduce both by downsizing | | | | cheaper in some areas than gasoline and this |
| to a four cylinder model of SUV. | | | | translates to a cheaper overall ride. The Jeep Liberty |
| There are many of these economical variant SUVs | | | | is a good suggestion in regards to a quality diesel |
| that can be purchased for a low price and continue | | | | based SUV. As far as hybrids go the cheapest on |
| to pay off in the long run via fuel economy. To be | | | | the market in 2009 was the Saturn Vue Hybrid. It |
| fair they are often smaller and sometimes don't have | | | | had the worst fuel economy but the largest gas |
| the motorized muscle of their larger cousins and none | | | | tank. It only got twenty-five miles per gallon in the |
| of them are as fuel efficient as a smaller automobile. | | | | city and thirty-two on the highway. However, overall |
| However, the end result is that in a proper four | | | | it was a good bargain and the hybrid nature placed it |
| cylinder SUV the owner can squeeze anywhere from | | | | in line with many standard gas consuming vehicles in |
| three to seven more miles per gallon out of a tank | | | | comparison to other SUV's. In regards to standard |
| of gas than in the larger cylinder cousins it shares the | | | | gas SUVs there is little that can go wrong with |
| road with. This will vary between two wheel and four | | | | purchasing an older model or even a current model |
| wheel drive models as well as automatic versus | | | | XTerra. |
| manual transmission versions. A four wheeled | | | | |