We’re looking to buy a new car. Given the rising prices of gasoline, I’m paying more attention the fuel economy of the various vehicles we’re considering. I wanted to have a reference table available for comparing the various MPG ratings and the potential cost of fuel for a certain amount of driven miles. So, rather than breaking out Excel (or even just calculator), I created a simple web page with the functionality I wanted. Provide a range of MPG, the cost of gas, and the miles driven, and bam!, out pops a handy table with row highlighting. Simple. No server side code was harmed in the making (AJAX free!). It works for miles or kilometers and gallons or liters … it doesn’t care (or is that kilometres and litres?). Give it a spin. If there’s a feature you’d like added, post a comment and I’ll see what I can do (no promises though).

Although I can’t and won’t guarantee the values are accurate nor fit for any particular use … I think they probably are and my testing seems to show they are . This was tested in Firefox, IE 6 and Opera.

Fuel Economy Cost Calculator