The 2012 Ford Focus, complete with recycled blue jeans, is expected to receive a 40-mpg highway rating.

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The Ford C-Max and Toyota Prius plug-in hybrids get a combined city-and-highway rating of 58 miles per gallon from the Environmental Protection Agency.

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Minnesota Department of Transportation bridge engineer Dan Dorgan said the term "structurally deficient" is a Federal Highway Administration rating.

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The sedan gets a combined city and highway fuel economy rating of 33 mpg, according to fueleconomy.gov.

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With a CVT, the 2013 Subaru XV Crosstrek has an EPA rating of 33 mpg on the highway.

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The most efficient Cruze model, the Eco, uses a 138-horsepower, turbocharged, four-cylinder engine and a manual, six-speed transmission to achieve an EPA rating of 28 mpg city, 42 highway.

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Chrysler is just now launching a refreshed version of its Ram pickup, with an EPA fuel economy rating of 25 miles per gallon on the highway, better than any other pickup.

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